A west that isn’t there anymore, painted by American artist Grafton Tyler Brown. Living from 1841 to 1918, he was the first African-American artist to create works depicting the Pacific Northwest and California.  Serving as expedition artist for the Amos Bowman Geological Survey, he made the sketches that became these paintings.

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Entrance to Victoria Harbor. 1883. American. Image ©2022 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc. and Uno Langmann Limited and globalnews.ca, Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://globalnews.ca/news/8644926/royal-bc-museum-painting-first-professional-black-painter/
Untitled (Columbia River Scene). Undated, by 1918. American. Oil on canvas. Signed on the lower right. Image ©2022 Tacoma Art Museum. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.tacomaartmuseum.org/tamblog-recent-acquisitions-grafton-tyler-brown-untitled-columbia-river-scene/

A Canyon River with Pines and Figures (Yellowstone). 1886. American. Oil on canvas. Image ©2022 Tacoma Art Museum. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.tacomaartmuseum.org/tamblog-recent-acquisitions-grafton-tyler-brown-untitled-columbia-river-scene/
Grotto Geyser, Yellowstone. 1891. American. Oil on canvas. Photo credit: Christopher Knight for the Los Angeles Times. Fair use license. via https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-grafton-tyler-brown-pmca-review-20180630-htmlstory.html

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