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1 Indian Rescue 2 Indians Playing Checkers , artist from , 3 After the Hunt 4 Trophy of the Hunt Asher B. Durand (1846) Seth Eastman (1848) made his career with the US Army. George W. Platt (1893) Richard LaBarre Goodwin (1901) He took advantage of tuition-free Asher B. Durand became an experienced engraver artistic training at the After George Platt ’s study at ’s Richard LaBarre Goodwin painted early in his career. His work dominated the Military Academy in West Point, New Royal Academy, he established his Trophy of the Hunt in 1901 when he was American engraving market. Later he switched to York, and became a drawing instructor studio in City. For several in Springs. He was born in and became a leader in the art movement there. On his paid tours of duty as an years he devoted his time to painting Albany, New York and began his career known as the School. Most artists army officer, he observed and captured portraits, , and still life of as a successful portrait painter. After his in this movement trained in and chose to scenes of life of the American Indians fruit and flowers. In 1890 he settled introduction to a style of still life painting paint the romantic scenes of lakes, rocky gorges, in the West. Indians Playing Checkers in and was active as a teacher known as trompe l’oeil (meaning “fool the and forests in the Hudson River Valley with the depicts two American Indians who and lecturer at the University of eye” in French) he switched from portrai - purpose of demonstrating that the beauty of are passing the time playing a game Denver. After the Hunt is a superb ture and began to produce many large America’s was superior to that of Great introduced from the white Americans. example of his personal interpretation canvases of cabin doors decorated with Britain and the Continent. Second generation of this trompe l’oeil school style of hunting equipment and other outdoor artists, traveling west to painting. Notice how he includes his objects. In viewing Trophy of the Hunt, it paint the during the period of personal calling card at the bottom becomes obvious how he successfully exploration and settlement, embraced this style of his painting. produced the illusionary effect with the which was to remain as the dominant style of usage of shadows and life size objects. until the Civil War.

5 Children of the Mountain 6 The Cliffs of the Green Green River held a special place in in the 7 Mountain View from the Terrace , one of America’s well-loved (1866) River Territory history of Thomas Moran’s art, not only Maxfield Parrish (1932) artists, was a favorite of Broadmoor’s because he painted numerous pictures of founder, Spencer Penrose. Parrish’s Thomas Moran (1887) In the years following the Civil War, the Federal Government these cliffs, but because it was at that site beautiful compositions were the result of sponsored Great Surveys with the purpose of where he made his first western landscape his method of application of pigment in discovering information about the areas of the Far West. sketches on his trip with the Hayden Survey thin layers of transparent glazes, then English born Thomas Moran served as guest artist for the to the Yellowstone alternating with coats of varnish. His Hayden Survey in 1871 on the first scientific exploration of region in 1871. application of the darker colors over the the Yellowstone region. His drawn from his field Located on the brighter ones achieved an inner glow which sketches made on that trip introduced the wonders of the Green River was a results in an illusionary appearance from West into American consciousness and persuaded Congress Union Pacific which emanated many brilliant colors. To to annex that region as our Nation’s first national park. Moran depot but it was complete his seamless compositions, he did leave his Children of the Mountain , one of his most never included in removed all signs of brush strokes. Notice important paintings, with Scribner’s publisher, Roswell Smith, any of Moran’s in Mountain View from the Terrace how as collateral for the $500 “loan” that was given to finance his paintings. we have re-created the urns outside on trip to Yellowstone. This painting was never redeemed by the lake. Please stop by our Hotel Bar to Moran, but it was purchased by Smith. find pictures of Maxfield Parrish alongside Toward Seven Falls West and the Mountains Beyond Spencer Penrose. 8 9 Maxfield Parrish (1920) Maxfield Parrish (1930) AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ESCALATOR, TURN LEFT TRAVEL DOWN TO BEGIN THE LOBBY TOUR IN THE HALLWAY THE ESCALATOR TO CONTINUE TOUR AT LEADING TO THE THEATER THE BRO ADMOOR MAIN LOBBY THE BRO ADMOOR SOUTH LOBBY

1 2 The Lost Greenhorn 7 Trappers at Fault —Looking for the Trail 8 Trapper’s Last Shot Alfred Jacob Miller (1851) Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (1852) William Tylee Ranney (1850) In the Sagebrush Carl Rungius (1900) Alfred Jacob Miller , English artist, Arthur Fitzwilliam William Tylee Ranney , from Connecticut , portrait painter from Tait , was first introduced to the experienced the West in 1836 when he , had not west when in he met enlisted in the military during the Texas ventured further west American artist, . Revolution. His sketches of mountain men, than New Orleans, when After participating in Catlin’s trappers, early settlers, and the enchanting he was invited by Scottish Indian Gallery Exhibition by prairies were later incorporated into aristocrat, Captain enacting Indian dances in Native paintings. Trapper’s Last Shot , based William Drummond American costumes, he came to upon a true story, depicts a lone trapper German born Carl Rungius came to America in 1894 to join the brave Stewart, as guest artist America and painted western that has found himself in the site of two new world of Teddy Roosevelt and . Following his to sketch and record his scenes for ten years. The tall armed enemies running down the bank first trip to the Rocky Mountains and Yellowstone in 1895, he devoted trip to the annual prairie grass pictured in Trappers toward him. Ranney has captured the himself to the study and depiction of North America’s wide-open spaces. rendezvous in the Wind River Mountains. John, from England, was at Fault —Looking for the Trail , fear and anticipation of danger in the He is most often recognized as the master painter of moose, bear, Stewart’s trip chef. After boasting of his buffalo hunting skills, John would suggest that these are eyes of both the trapper and his horse. elk, and other great game animals; however, in this painting, he has was allowed time off. As you can see, he became miserably lost and buffalo hunters rather than composed a western scene of two cowboys out on the range. had no idea which direction to return to camp. trappers.

View of Pikes Peak Family Life on the Frontier Pioneers in Camp 6 Breaking Up Camp at Sunrise 9 Blackfeet Card Players (1869) 10 Long Jakes “the Rocky Mountain Man” 3 4 5 Alfred Jacob Miller (1845) Charles Deas (1844) George Caleb Bingham (1845) George Caleb Bingham (1845) (1872) Breaking Up Camp at Sunrise is Alfred Jacob Miller ’s pictorial Long Jakes, “the Rocky document of life on the trail with a fur-company caravan as it crossed Mountain Man” , depicts a lone George Caleb Bingham is greatly the wide Kansas-Nebraska plains on the way to Fort Laramie and the hunter traversing the Great respected as one of our classic Rocky Mountains beyond. Miller depicts the morning routine when all Plains and Rocky Mountains. artists whose paintings portray preparations should be complete and teams ready to depart. The The ominous atmosphere in both a sincere and truthful long curving line of wagons which is fading into the distant horizon this painting is characteristic interpretation of life at his time reveals the boundless prairie. of much of Charles Deas ’ along the Mississippi and Missouri work. As the man and his horse Rivers. He was involved in the move forward, they appear to political, social, and cultural life of be on constant guard against America and was an trouble, glancing to the rear 11 The Broadmoor eyewitness to westward expansion. Maxfield Parrish (1920) John Mix Stanley became one of the most important artists of the American as if startled by a sound behind Scholars agree that both of these frontier. In April of 1853, Major Isaac I. Stevens, governor and Superintendent them. Deas was nicknamed Maxfield Parrish accepted the commission from two paintings allude to Bingham’s of Indian Affairs of , hired Stanley to accompany the Rocky Mountain because he Spencer Penrose to create a painting of The own childhood. Both are nocturnal Pacific Railroad Surveys in their effort to discover the best route for the dressed “like a fur hunter”. Broadmoor shortly after his visit in 1920. Until then, paintings in which the brightest Transcontinental Railroad. This route led through Blackfeet country in northern With this painting, Deas he had too many other contracts and had not been light emanates from a source . In Stanley’s Blackfeet Card Players , the posture and expression established the mountain man able to fit it in. In this painting you will notice two blocked from our view. of the players suggest that the game is a relaxing game among friends, as an iconic American obvious artistic liberties —the lake is in front of The probably not a gamble. character. Broadmoor and Pikes Peak is directly behind. CONTINUE TOUR AT CONTINUE TOUR AT TOUR CONTINUES AT SOUTH MEZZANINE & MEETING ROOMS BRO ADMOOR SOUTH LOBBY BRO ADMOOR SOUTH MEZZANINE

1 On the Plains 2 Friendly Indians Fleeing to Fort Benton ELEV 1 The of the Colorado Thomas Moran (1904) Thomas (1866) John Mix Stanley (1859) ELEV When Thomas Moran joined John Wesley Powell’s expedition to the Grand Canyon in 1873, his inspiration reached its peak, as he would sit silently upon a rock for long periods of time, absorbing the atmospheric beauty of the changing sunlight and passing shadows. At a later time he would depend upon his keen observation and well-trained memory to add the color tones to his pencil sketches SOUTH LOBBY SOUTH MEZZANINE in order to compose beautiful works such as The Grand Canyon of the Colorado . Thomas Whittredge made his first trip West in 1866 with the expedition of General John Pope. As they traveled across Kansas, through the John Mix Stanley joined the party that Congress authorized in 1853 to survey a northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in present day Colorado, it was railway route to the Pacific. While at Fort Benton on the Missouri River, he was given orders to Wind River 2 Prairie Burial 3 The Crows Attempting to Provoke 4 Encampment along The Check—Keep the plains, not the mountains, that caught his attention. He had never 5 5 6 invite and also accompany the inhabitants of a Piegan village to a grand council at the fort. Albert Bierstadt (1870) William Tylee Ranney an Attack from the Whites the Snake River Albert Bierstadt (1871) Your Distance witnessed anything comparable to this beauty. On the Plains rendered Stanley, considered to be a valuable diplomat among the Indians, proves his success as the (1848) Alfred Jacob Miller (1841) Ralph Albert Blakelock (1871) Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (1852) in the Hudson River School Style, portrays the river and the plains in On the Cover. Combining early photography dignified riders are rushing toward the fort. Stanley is thought to be the rider in the blue shirt. the foreground with the mountains silhouetted in the far side of the along with his oil sketches, Albert Bierstadt Although Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait composition. composed Wind River, Wyoming , years was primarily a self-taught artist and following his first trip West in 1859 when did not travel any further west than accompanying Frederic Lander’s U.S. , his western subjects are 3 A Trapper Crossing the Mountains 4 Government Expedition along the Platte painted exceptionally well. Tait was William Tylee Ranney (1853) River to the Wind River Mountain Range. talented in his renderings of horses The Voyageurs Bierstadt was most successful in capturing This painting communicates Based upon memories and and it is disappointing that of the William Ranney , American painter Charles Deas (1845) the granite cliffs bursting with the blazing the solitary grief of isolated sketches made from his first trip 1,700 works that he produced from Connecticut, found fulfillment sunset reflecting in the quiet river. His pioneer families. In this case, New York artist, Ralph Albert Blakelock , West in the late 1850s, Albert during his artistic career, only 22 of of his dreams of the West while majestic paintings provided an invitation judging from the size of the made an extended trip through the Bierstadt portrays end-of-the- these were western themes. In this serving in the army during the Texas for others to make the journey and discover grave, the family mourns the West between 1869 and 1872. day preparations as the travelers painting, Tait has depicted a trapper War of Independence in 1836. for themselves what the grand and glorious death of a child. William Throughout his career, scenes of Indian have stopped to find rest and attempting to intimidate Indians by Time spent with the adventurous West was all about. Ranney paints a cohesive life and landscapes from this trip protection for the night. The assuming a bold front. lives of trappers, guides, traders, little unit, far from friends and This painting depicts a real life event in the West in often appeared in his compositions. exquisite beauty of this painting and hunters, he sketched western relatives, under a vast sky. This 1833, when hostile Crow Indians who were attempting Encampment along the Snake River is its illumination from the fire as subjects that later were turned into painting radiates love, religious to provoke an attack surrounded Scottish aristocrat is his largest and most majestic work well as from the full moon. In the western compositions. His sympathy In this painting, Charles Deas depicts a family of six—a French Canadian trapper, piety, and sentimentality. The Sir William Drummond Stewart and his hunting created in his early maturity. Note the hazy distance are other travelers for the difficult life of the “mountain his Indian wife, and their four children as they struggle to navigate upriver in a usual cause of death on the party. Realizing the safety of himself as well as his intricate detail, quiet mood and a who have camped as well. man” is seen in this scene of a dugout canoe carrying on board all of their belongings. Don’t miss the gleaming ASCEND LOBBY STAIRWAY overland emigrant trek was party depended entirely upon his complete command magical quality in this painting as the Oregon Trail reveals Bierstadt’s forlorn trapper and his equally coffee pot hanging over the edge of the boat. The voyageur expresses a sense of TO CONTINUE TOUR AT not Indian attack, but disease of himself, he kept his calm. In 1841, Alfred Jacob radiant light tends to emanate from enjoyment for outdoor living and weary horse caught in a storm at fear and determination for the protection and safety of his family as they are THE BRO ADMOOR —especially dysentery and Miller painted this picture in the Murthly Castle in the back of the canvas. traveling in the beautiful American SOUTH MEZZANINE the end of the trapping season. facing grave danger from a threatening storm and from shallow waters. cholera. Scotland where it hung for over 150 years. West. 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MEETING ROOMS ARE OFTEN UNAVAILABLE FOR TOURING. PLEASE CONTACT THE CONCIERGE TO VIEW THESE WORKS. 7 The Last of the 8 Medicine Dance of The Dakota or F1 –13 HENRY FARNY S1 –6 RE1 –7 FREDERIC REMINGTON RU1 –13 CHARLES RUSSELL BOARDROOM ROOM ROOM Mohicans The Indians Seth Eastman (1849) ROOM Henry Farny ’s family migrated from France and Charles Schreyvogel was born in New York Frederic Remington , a New Yorker educated Charles Russell , from Missouri, moved to (1850) In his carefully eventually settled in . Following his City and spent most of his life in Hoboken, New at Yale, was the greatest of the western painters Montana as a young man and worked as a composed painting, German born Emanuel Leutze first journey west to the Standing Rock Indian Jersey. His numerous sketching journeys West, and illustrators of the late 19th century. Paintings on the open range. Near 30 years of Medicine Dance of grew up in Virginia. Most of his Reservation in the Dakota Territory, his sketches, his collection of Indian War artifacts, and his made from information gathered on his many age, and primarily a self-taught painter, he the Dakota or the historical compositions were photographs, and his collection of artifacts were conversations with the retired trooper veterans sketching trips to the , Rocky launched his artistic career. Russell’s paintings Sioux Indians , Seth based on English and American utilized in his paintings throughout his career. provided accuracy of detail for his cavalry Mountains and the Southwest preserve a are based upon his experiences in the West. Eastman is portraying history. Last of the Mohicans , His love and respect for these Indians was scene paintings. Schreyvogel completed fewer pictorial history of the Old West. Lamenting the In The Cinch Ring riders at the crest of the hill a large party of inspired by James Fenimore reciprocated by the Sioux when they adopted than 100 paintings. In this painting, In Safe passing of the frontier, many of Remington’s have sited the rustlers who are endeavoring to Indians beside their Cooper’s earlier classic, was a him into their tribe. The Coming of the Fire Hands , a mounted trooper is crossing a paintings reflect his memories of the past. alter the brand on a stolen calf by using the wigwams who are recognizable favorite of artists. Horse depicts Indians fleeing from the sight of stream with a blonde-haired child, whom Return of a Blackfoot War Party depicts a cinch ring from the saddle as a branding iron. engaged in the mystical ceremony of the medicine dance. This title increasingly came to be associated with a broader a locomotive, as modern technology intrudes obviously was rescued. The little girl is very somber mood of captivity. How will this drama end? Emerging from the blanket is a candidate, who after enduring sense of loss, not only of the native Indian tribes, but also of a into their homeland. Schreyvogel’s daughter, Ruth. heroic and idyllic way of life now under duress from industry, days of trial, has successfully passed the requirements and is Return of a Blackfoot War Party (1887) The Cinch Ring (1909) being welcomed as a member of this elite Medicine Society. The Coming of the Firehorse (1910) technology, urbanism, and rapid change following the war years. In Safe Hands (1909)

9 The Farmer and his Son at Harvesting 11 Pack String on the Rio Grande 12 On the Warpath (1879) Hamilton Hamilton (1879) Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (1851)

Thomas Pollock Anshutz was born in Kentucky and by his early teens he was living in West Virginia. The setting of The Farmer and his Son at Harvesting represents places asso ciated with Anshutz’s childhood and may have been intended to represent the past. The farmer’s single-bladed scythe was out of fashion Turn Him Loose, Bill (1893) by this time. Eastern farmers had accepted more modern methods Scouting the Camp (1896) (1903) Following the Trail (1889) and machinery and had abandoned this type of farming. The Lost Dispatches (1909) Indian Women Moving Camp (1902) Distant Village (1890) Vaqueros Heading and Healing (1896) Defending the Stockade (1899) Waiting for the Herd to Cross (1898) The White Man’s Trail (1905) Indian Soldier (1897) The Silenced War Whoop (1908) The Scouts (1902) Chief Spotted Tail (1898) The Quest (1901) The Picture Writer’s Story The Attackers (1900) Lewis & Clark Viewing of Great Falls (1896) 10 In Pastures New (1895) A Cold Morning on the Range (1904) (1906) George de Forest Brush (1885) Born in Oxford, England, Hamilton Hamilton became Pastures New (1901) A Sharp Encounter (1901) Leading the Circle known for his as well as for his landscapes Encampment (1901) Invocation to the Sun (1922) George de Forest Brush was born in Tennessee, and portraits. In 1873 he made a sketching trip west to Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait spent most of his artistic career Hunter Stalking Deer (1911) Attack on the Wagon Train (1902) painting hunting scenes in upper New York. He became studied art in New York and , and made his Colorado and completed forty-seven paintings which Battle with Redmen (1898) first trip West in 1881. After spending time with are considered to be some of his best. Pack String on known as one of the most important animal and sporting Danger (1888) Women of America (1924) the Arapahoe, , and Crow Indian tribes, the Rio Grande is a great example of his Colorado scene painters of nineteenth century America. On the Crossing the Divide (1907) he returned home and began composing his landscapes. The autumn leaves on the cottonwoods Warpath shows a trapper who has dismounted his Return of the Hunter (1901) Mad Cow (1907) Indian theme paintings of which The Picture Writer’s Story is a great example. Brush has provide a perfect backdrop for the burros which are horse and is preparing for defense against the Indians Crossing the Absarokas (1905) Indian War Party (1902) depicted the interior of a Mandan lodge where a teacher is documenting his battles on a anxiously waiting to get back on the Santa Fe Trail to who are seen in the background. He will be ready for buffalo hide for the younger tribesmen. complete their assignments. conflict, should they become aware of him. CONTINUE TOUR AT BRO ADMOOR WEST LOBBY CONTINUE TOUR AT A WEST TOWER LOBBY THE BRO DMOOR WEST LOBBY

3 War Talk , was regarded as the 5 In Safe Hands 1 Attack on the Emigrant Train Joseph Henry Sharp (1942) “father” of the Charles Schreyvogel (1909) (1861) because he first visited Taos, New in 1883 and was influential in inviting other Stagecoach Halt William Hahn was born in artists to paint there as well. Although deaf 2 William Hahn (1875) and trained at the Royal Academy of from a childhood accident, his eyes were Art and at Düsseldorf Germany. By the open to the American Indians and to their time he came to the United States in culture. Note the careful detail in War Talk 1871 he was a professional artist. In in which Sharp has depicted two of his Stagecoach Halt , Hahn pictures a favorite models, Hunting Son and Bawling way station on a long journey at which Deer dressed in their beautiful shirts. 1 Lost Again 2 Colorado Mountain Landscape the tired horses were exchanged for fresh ones and the travelers are given Craig Tennant Franklin de Haven (1882) Winter Encampment on the Plains Joseph Henry Sharp (1919) 4 time to stretch their legs.

When Ernest Blumenschein , a founding The Cinch Ring Turn Him Loose, Bill Crossing the Divide Indians Traveling near Fort Laramie 3 Sangre de Cristo 4 Church at Rancho de Taos 6 Pueblo Tesuque 9 First View 6 7 8 10 Mountains member of the Taos Society of Artists, Ernest L. Blumenschein (1916) George Wesley Bellows (1917) William Tylee Ranney (1849) Charles Russell (1909) Frederic Remington (1893) Henry F. Farny (1907) Albert Bierstadt (1861) Ernest L. Blumenschein (1926) first visited in 1898, both his art as well as his spirit were inspired. Let Him Go His paintings show how he utilized 7 (Deer Hunting) Sportsmen Nooning some of the new modern styles into his 9 compositions. The Peacemaker Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (1851) Jasper Cropsey (1854) depicts the efforts of a young brave to reconcile the two chiefs. Notice in 8 The Trappers Church at Ranchos de Taos the balance Louis Maurer (1850) of curvilinear lines with rectangle lines in William Ranney enjoyed painting scenes that were reminiscent of American the church. In Sangre de Cristo heroes and of the historical past. In this painting, Daniel Boone has thrown down Mountains , Blumenschein contrasts The rural family doctor was Albert Bierstadt , while accompanying Colonel Frederick his hat in a roman gesture that symbolized the acceptance of ownership of the 11 Encampment with Teepees and Native Americans 12 Doctor the procession of the Penitentes with The Peacemaker of indescribable value to the Lander’s 1859 survey expedition in the Rocky Mountains 5 fertile lands for exploration and settlement. These explorers are overlooking the William Cary (1880) Andrew E. MacNeir (1858) the rolling mountains in the background. Ernest L. Blumenschein (1913) early settlers. They often had and Wyoming, reported their party had halted for a few thousands of acres that would become the state of Kentucky in 1792. days at Fort Laramie. He documented the location by By twenty years of to travel great distances by painting Chimney Rock, a well-known landmark on the age, William Cary foot or horseback to visit the Oregon Trail some 60 miles east of the army post. In this Rocky Mountain Waterfall Indian Village of Acoma Jules Tavernier (1879) had established his sick. Many times they would 10 11 composition, he depicts a group of making Albert Bierstadt (1898) career as a magazine create their own medicines preparation for moving their encampment. Tent poles Jules Tavernier ’s painting, Indian Village of Acoma , represents an ancient Arizonian town, now illustrator in New as well as the instruments Accompanying Colonel Frederick W. Lander’s expedition along the become travois by which women, children, and sparsely inhabited by the remaining few of Aztec origin. Remaining true to the traditions and rites York. In 1861 he needed to care for the ill. Overland Trail in 1859 provided Albert Bierstadt resources for the household supplies are transported. of their ancestors, they have, in their solemn custom, assembled upon their housetops, lighted began to explore the American Frontier Doctor most important and productive phase of his artistic career. Returning their sacred fires, and stand patiently and reverently awaiting the coming of their Messiah who West, traveling up depicts a house call made home to in the fall of 1859, laden with sketches and FOLLOW HALLWAY shall return with the rising sun to them. Indian Village of Acoma illustrates this beautiful Aztec rite the Missouri River to Fort Benton, and on to the West coast. Encampment for a child that is ill. stereographs, he painted panoramic western landscapes that TO CONTINUE TOUR AT established his reputation of being America’s best painter. Rocky that is observed yearly in June. with Teepees and Native Americans is an example of a landscape that THE BRO ADMOOR Corn Dancer Valley Farm Mountain Waterfall painted in 1898 might be an indication that he painted based upon his memory and sketches from exploring the 13 14 WEST LOBBY Alfred Jacob Miller (1850) artistic possibilities of the new land. Nicolai Fechin (1928) Harrison Bird Brown (1852) Bierstadt’s heart was longing for the wonderful mountains in the West. 12 The Buffalo Hunt BRO ADMOOR WEST LOBBY CONTINUE TOUR AT THE BRO ADMOOR WEST LOBBY

13 The Scouting Party 22 Vivian on Pet Experience as a ranch hand and his love for the West enabled William 25 The Gathering of the Herds Millions of bison roamed the Great Plains in the Charles Craig (1893) William (Buck) Dunton (1924) “Buck” Dunton to become one of the most successful illustrators of the William Jacob Hays (1866) mid-nineteenth century and provided food, clothing early 20th century. Desiring to become a painter of fine arts, he moved and shelter for the Indians. In 1860 when New to Taos in 1914 and became one of the founding members of the Taos York artist, William Jacob Hays , made his trip to Society of Artists. His paintings capture and preserve the cowboy of the the West from St. Louis to Fort Stewart in present Old West. Vivian on Pet portrays Dunton’s teenage daughter whose day Montana, he saw millions of bison on the mood suggests annoyance in modeling for her father’s painting. prairies. The shadow-like forms in the distant background represent innumerable animals within the herd. The Gathering of the Herds depicts a 23 Indian Woman 24 Girl with Sunburned herd large enough to delay travelers for days with Children Nose when traveling through the plains. Nicolai Fechin (1926) Victor Higgins (1927)

The Family The Trapper Dispatch Bearers 19 20 21 A native of Missouri and with strong American Oscar E. Berninghaus (1920) Gerard Curtis Delano (1950) Charles Schreyvogel (1900) 26 The Sheepherder Pueblo of Taos Illustrator and painter, Charles Craig was born in Ohio in 1846. At Thomas Hart Benton (1957) values, Thomas Hart Benton traveled the 27 Victor Higgins (1927) nineteen, he traveled up the Missouri River as far as Fort Benton in U.S. for many years sketching and gathering Because Charles Schreyvogel would carefully Montana and later spent time sketching in New Mexico. In 1881, information on America’s honest, hardworking Victor Higgins stands as more of a transitional figure research all of the elements of his contemplated he settled in Colorado Springs, making his home there for 50 years. people such as farmers, cotton pickers, etc. between the more traditional members of the Taos Society painting before he would begin his composition, His first studio was in Howbert’s Opera House building. The whom he believed were the strength of America. of Artists and the early modernist artists. The Taos School accuracy of detail is certain. In this painting, two accuracy of detail depicted in The Scouting Party reflects the time The Sheepherder depicts the mounted focused on presenting the native people of New Mexico cavalrymen charge forward in full gallop while Craig spent on the Ute Indian Reservation in southwestern Colorado. sheepherder in the Teton mountains. Benton and their vibrant landscape in a realistic and academic one endeavors to rescue his wounded comrade. He died in Colorado Springs in 1931. left this message on the back of the canvas, style. The Pueblo of Taos reveals how Higgins chose to The third cavalryman is seen in the background “In case anybody asks about the whereabouts paint the same subject matter, but in a bold and abstract engaging with the Native American braves that of the sheep dog —he is just over the ridge manner. He had been deeply influenced by the 1913 are approaching in a very close pursuit. 14 Mountain Landscape rounding up a couple of strays. Too bad he Armory Show in New York, which ushered in the modernist Albert Bierstadt (1895) can’t be seen.” movement in America. Gerard Curtis Delano belonged to the final generation of western illustrators 15 Buffalo Bill Fighting Indians who contributed to magazines and Desert Journey When was sixteen years old Indian Weaver Eanger I. Couse (1914) Eanger I. Couse was the first president of the Taos Louis Maurer (1885) periodicals as well as dime novels. After 28 29 Oscar Berninghaus , from St. Louis, Maynard Dixon (1935) and aspiring to become an artist, he sent a Society of Artists. The respect and understanding that he working in New York City, Delano moved was one of the founding members of couple of his sketchbooks to Frederic Remington demonstrated toward the people of Taos is definitely to Colorado due to the Valley of King’s Canyon the Taos Society of Artists. He created for his approval and advice. Remington seen in Indian Weaver as he depicts this male Indian 16 in 1933. When he turned to easel painting, Albert Bierstadt (1871) paintings that capture the light and encouraged him to be true to his own way of engaged in his daily craft of weaving and teaching his it was the Denver Post that distributed radiate with life by his quick and short viewing nature and not to imitate anyone else. child to learn the same. Couse had the ability to capture colored reproductions of his paintings in brush strokes. The Family portrays Taking this advice, Dixon developed his own those special moments of his Indian subjects in ceremony, Sunlit Aisles the Sunday supplement from 1947 to 17 the protective love of this man for his stylized approach to landscape painting and in prayer, or just going about their daily tasks. John Carlson (1922) 1973. Delano’s work evokes tranquility, wife and child. It was one of the enjoyed a very successful career. In Desert beauty, and harmony. These qualities artist’s favorite compositions which Journey , Dixon’s strong use of light, diagonals are revealed in The Trapper . 18 Sunset River Landscape he kept in his personal collection for and patterned skies are elements that readily 30 Indian Summer Thomas Burnham (1840) many years. identify his paintings. Nicolai Fechin (1929) BRO ADMOOR WEST LOBBY

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Sven Birger Sandzén , from Sweden, received his first 31 Four Elk 38 Portrait of Mabel Dodge Luhan 40 Colorado Mountain View M1 –7 MCGREW ROOM Salah-Tso Goes to the Sing Ramsay Peale (1851) Nicolai Fechin (1927) Sven Birger Sandzén (1923) watercolor box and began drawing lessons at eight Ralph Brownell McGrew (1960) years of age. He first visited the Rocky Mountains of Ralph Brownell McGrew ’s understanding of and involvement with the Hopi and Navajo Nicolai Fechin , born in , 41 Autumn Symphony Colorado in 1908 and began painting in the Colorado Indians inspired many great paintings. He depicts a “bending child” as he called her, in , studied art at the Imperial Sven Birger Sandzén (1930) Springs area in 1916. He taught during the summers many of his large works and she has become known as the “bug picker”. You may want 32 The Pueblos Await the Dancers Academy of Art in St. Petersburg. of 1923 and 1924 at the Broadmoor Art Academy in to find her. Salah Tso is a police officer who once was strong and traveled on horseback Oscar E. Berninghaus (1943) Fechin left a successful career Colorado Springs. To Sandzén, Colorado’s gorgeous but now must travel in a wagon due to his near death freezing experience when he as a teacher and portrait artist scenes, detail and color provided the ideal setting for became lost in a terrific storm. Oscar Berninghaus , illustrator from St. Louis, to migrate to the United States his artistic inspiration. His time spent in Rocky Mountain Missouri, was hired in 1899 by the Denver & in 1923. Traveling to Taos, New National Park inspired this painting in 1930. Rio Grande Railroad as sketch artist for their At the Sing 1968 Miles to Go 1983 36 The Chieftain Passes Mexico, he was welcomed by advertising brochures. Traveling through In the Cook Shade 1967 Pause on the Way to the Sing 1967 George de Forest Brush (1885) Mabel Dodge Luhan who had 42 Glimpse of the Rocky Mountain northern New Mexico to Taos, he set up a previously moved there and had National Park Going on a Visit 1967 Rebecca in Summer 1981 studio there and returned almost every summer George de Forest Brush set up a literary colony. Fechin’s style of painting perfectly Sven Birger Sandzén (1919) for the next twenty-five years. He was one of is often referred to as depicts the spirited personality of the heiress, author and the founding members of the Taos Society of “The Poet of the Indian Evening Cloud arts patron, Mabel Dodge, who had welcomed many D1 –5 DELANO ROOM Artists. The Pueblos Await the Dancers depicts Painters” because of his Gerard Curtis Delano (1940) artists and writers to Taos. Night at the Trading Post this enthusiastic audience gathered in distinct delicate and idealized 43 Gerard Curtis Delano found the southwestern people to be natural artists. Most often (1928) groups waiting for the ceremony to begin. portrayal of the Indians. he did not paint the Navajo people working, but rather portrayed their colorful clothing, The Chieftain Passes 39 Cowboys in the Badlands painter, , studied drawing at their turquoise jewelry, and the arrangement and ornamentation of their hair. Evening depicts a group of Indians Thomas Eakins (1888) the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and became Cloud portrays friends taking time at the water hole to catch up on the latest news. raising a wrapped body an instructor. His lack of observance to the Academy’s Delano ultimately arrived at a style of painting that was his own and his work is easily to the burial scaffold on rules instigated his dismissal from his position. recognized. the plains. This painting Searching for emotional healing from this trauma, he spent time at the BT Ranch in the Dakota Territory. His is laden with references Navajo 1944 The Waterhole 1950 to Christian tradition. He tailored his composition from experiences on the ranch not only provided healing but Going to the Sing 1941 Where the Grass Grows High 1955 one of his favorite pictures, Peter Paul Reuben’s also inspiration for this painting. The bronco, “Billy” and Altarpiece, Christ’s Descent from the Cross , the Indian pony, “Baldy” were the two ponies that painted in 1612. returned with him to Pennsylvania. U1 –4 UFER ROOM Autumn Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on the Missouri River, Frank Walter Ufer (1920) Tenney Johnson was intrigued by the stream of travelers Walter Ufer , born in Germany, migrated with his family to America, and settled in 37 Staging John Gutzon Borglum (1889) on horseback, stagecoaches and covered wagons Kentucky when a small child. When Ufer made his first trip to Taos and Santa Fe in Ignacio Train Depot heading west. Johnson traveled to Colorado and New 1914, he felt at home the minute he arrived. He painted the folk there just as he found 33 Mexico, sketching and gathering information. During them. Perhaps the dozing Taos Indians in Autumn represent a simpler way of life that Oscar E. Berninghaus (1900) John Gutzon Borglum is best known as the large-scale portrait sculptor of the heads of his time in New Mexico, he began painting night scenes. presidents , Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore had been lost as urban civilization replaced a society centered on agriculture. Night at the Trading Post is Johnson’s depiction of an Roosevelt at Mount Rushmore in . However, early in his career, he was a old trading post where the Navajos are constantly 34 The Enchanted Wood painter whose specialty was western subjects from his life in the early West. Staging Paint and Indians 1923 Manuel La Jeunesse 1922 coming and going, as they are traveling across the Oscar E. Berninghaus (1910) depicts the perils of western travel in the mid-19th century. desert at night to avoid the intense heat during the day. Where the Desert Meets the Mountain 1922

35 Cowboy Singing 44 Riders of the Dawn Thomas Eakins (1892) Frank Tenney Johnson (1935) Encampment with Teepees and Native Americans The Grand Canyon of the Colorado William Cary (1880) Thomas Moran (1904)

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