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.

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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