Tag: American West

Mountains off in the American West in what looks from now to be a dreamtime but wasn’t. These all being of scenes in Arizona. George Elbert Burr, artist. Living from 1859 to 1939, he was a printmaker and painter, briefly studying at the Chicago Academy of Design.

"Verde River-- Apache Reservation, Arizona." 1920. Etching.
“Verde River– Apache Reservation, Arizona.” 1920. Etching. Signed and titled in pencil on the lower margin. Image © Swann Auction Galleries. Fair use license. via https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/Lots/auction-lot/GEORGE-ELBERT-BURR-Verde-River—Apache-Reservation-Arizona?saleno=2532&lotNo=118&refNo=769317
"Superstition Mountain - Apache Trail - Arizona." 1926. Etching.
“Superstition Mountain – Apache Trail – Arizona.” 1926. Etching. Signed “George Elbert Burr” on the lower left. Monogrammed “GB” on the lower right corner of the plate. Titled on the lower right. Image © 2003-2019 Allan J. McIntyre Tucson, Arizona. Fair use license. via https://www.allanmcintyrefineart.com/store/p8/George_Elbert_Burr_%281859-1939%29_%22Superstition_Mountain_-_Apache_Trail_-_Arizona%22_1926%2C_Etching.html#/
"Evening, Arizona." ca. 1930.
“Evening, Arizona.” ca. 1930. Etching. Monogram in the plate on the lower left corner. Signed “George Elbert Burr, Trial Proof” along the lower margin in pencil. Image © 1995-2020 eBay Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.ebay.com/itm/George-Elbert-Burr-Signed-Etching-Evening-Arizona-c-1930-/253640933675

Plates from the book “Early western travels, 1748-1846,” which featured annotated reprints from earlier volumes mostly of the sort meant to encourage Americans to head west. Published in 1904, it was edited by Thwaites, Reuben Gold Thwaites and published in Cleveland, Ohio.

Frontispiece from "A Narrative of a year's residence among the Indian Tribes of the Rocky Mountains,"
Frontispiece. Taken from “A Narrative of a year’s residence among the Indian Tribes of the Rocky Mountains,” P. J. De Smet SJ, author. 1843. Digitalized by Google. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/earlywesterntra37thwagoog/page/n132
"Soda Springs."
“Soda Springs.” Page 251. Taken from “A Narrative of a year’s residence among the Indian Tribes of the Rocky Mountains,” P. J. De Smet SJ, author. 1843. Digitalized by Google. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/earlywesterntra37thwagoog/page/n251
"Chimney."
“Chimney.” Page 223. Taken from “A Narrative of a year’s residence among the Indian Tribes of the Rocky Mountains,” P. J. De Smet SJ, author. 1843. Digitalized by Google. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/earlywesterntra37thwagoog/page/n223
"Worship in the Desert,"
“Worship in the Desert,” page 146. taken from “A Narrative of a year’s residence among the Indian Tribes of the Rocky Mountains,” P. J. De Smet SJ, author. 1843. Page 146. Digitalized by Google. In the public domain.https://archive.org/details/earlywesterntra37thwagoog/page/n145

Drawings of beauty that became America’s West, cactus and all. Lithographic plates from the United States Army Corps of Engineers 1848 work “Notes of a military reconnaissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, including parts of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers.”

"Valencia, New Mexico." 1848.
“Valencia, New Mexico.” Page 59. 1848. C. B. Graham, Washington, lithographer. Collections of the University of Michigan. Google, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ggFZAAAAMAAJ/page/n59
"View of the Copper Mine." Page 74.
“View of the Copper Mine.” Page 74. 1848. C. B. Graham, lithographer. Collections of the University of Michigan. Google, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ggFZAAAAMAAJ/page/n73
"Vegetation of the Gila." Page 104.
“Vegetation of the Gila.” Page 104. 1848. C. B. Graham, Washington, lithographer. Collections of the University of Michigan. Google, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ggFZAAAAMAAJ/page/n103
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“Chain of Natural Spires on the Gila.” Page 108. 1848. C. B. Graham, Washington, lithographer. Collections of the University of Michigan. Google, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ggFZAAAAMAAJ/page/n107
Caption not legible. Page 83.
Caption not legible. Page 83. 1848. C. B. Graham, lithographer. Collections of the University of Michigan. Google, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ggFZAAAAMAAJ/page/n82
"Cereus Giganteus." (Engleman, Appendix #2, continued).
“Cereus Giganteus.” (Engleman, Appendix #2, continued). Page 94. 1848. C. B. Graham, lithographer. Collections of the University of Michigan. Google, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ggFZAAAAMAAJ/page/n93

Look for more soon. 600 page book and I only got up to page 107.

Paintings of buffalo being free out in the American West. Painted by German-American artist Albert Bierstadt (1830- 1902) who was a member of the Hudson River School.

"Buffalo Trail." ca. 1867.
“Buffalo Trail.” ca. 1867. Oil on canvas, Image © 2019 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Fair use license. via https://printsondemand.mfa.org/detail/476095/bierstadt-the-buffalo-trail-about-1867
"Buffalo on the Plains." ca. 1890.
“Buffalo on the Plains.” ca. 1890. Image ©2015 – 2017 Galerie Munk. Fair use license. via https://galerie-munk.de/app/studio/MTA3OTk0
"Buffalo." Late 19th c. Sketch.
“Buffalo.” Late 19th c. Sketch. Oil on paper. Signed, “ABierstadt” in lower right; Inscribed in pencil, sketches of two figures on horses on verso. Image ©2019 Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa. Fair use license. via https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/01261175

California in an earlier time. American. Edgar Alwin Payne, landscape painter (1883-1947).

"The Rendezvous (Santa Cruz Island, CA)." 1915.
“The Rendezvous (Santa Cruz Island, CA).” 1915. Image © 2019 Reddit, Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.reddit.com/r/museum/comments/1eq6zn/edgar_alwin_payne_the_rendezvous_santa_cruz/
"Big Pine Peaks, Inyo County California."
“Big Pine Peaks, Inyo County California.” No date. Image © Copyright 2019 Del Monte Fine Art. Fair use license. via http://www.delmontefineart.com/artists/details/?inv=1664&at=EDGARALWINPAYNE
"Eucalyptus Landscape." Painted before 1947.
“Eucalyptus Landscape.” Painted before 1947. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edgar_Payne_Eucalyptus_Landscape.jpg

Landscapes with occasional people of the American West. John Mix Stanley, American artist. Living from 1814 to 1872, he was also an explorer and traveled to the area the paintings depict.

"Western Landscape." ca. 1847-1849.
“Western Landscape.” ca. 1847-1849. Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Mix_Stanley_-_Western_Landscape.jpg
"Chain of Spires Along the Gila River." 1855.
“Chain of Spires Along the Gila River.” 1855. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chain_of_Spires_Along_the_Gila_River_by_John_Mix_Stanley.jpg
"Chinook Indian Guides on the Clackamos River." mid 19th c.
“Chinook Indian Guides on the Clackamos River.” mid 19th c. Image © 2019 · Scottsdale Art Auction, Scottsdale. Fair use license. via https://scottsdaleartauction.com/john-mix-stanley-chinook-indian-guides-on-the-clackamos-river/
"Western Landscape with Buffalo." 1855.
“Western Landscape with Buffalo.” 1855. Image ©2019 Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa. Fair use license. via https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/01261140

Art of the American West by American artist Frederic Remington. Living from 1861 to 1919 he drew a lot of cowboys but did other things too.

"On the Head-Waters--Burgess Finding a Ford." ca. 1893.
“On the Head-Waters–Burgess Finding a Ford.” First serving as a study for an illustration accompanying “Policing the Yellowstone” in Harper’s Weekly on January 12, 1895, it was later used as a chapter illustration in Remington’s anthology “Pony Tracks.” ca. 1893. Watercolor on paper. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. In the public domain. via https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11861
"Return of the Blackfoot War Party." 1887.
“Return of the Blackfoot War Party.” 1887. Oil on canvas. Collection of the American Museum of Western Art, Denver. In the public domain. via http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?ID=120825
"On the Southern Plains." 1907.
“On the Southern Plains.” 1907. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. In the public domain. via https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11867.
“The Episode of the Buffalo Hunt." 1895.
“The Episode of the Buffalo Hunt.” 1895. Oil on canvas. In the public domain. via https://www.travelingexhibits.org/exhibits/frederic-remington-traveling-exhibit-p976/

Landscapes of the American West a bit back by painter Albert Bierstadt. Living from 1830 to 1902, he was German but visited America many times. Member of the Hudson River school. A selection from the holdings of the Haggin Museum, Stockton, California.

"Yosemite Valley." ca. 1863-1875.
“Yosemite Valley.” ca. 1863-1875. Image © Haggin Museum, Stockton. Fair use license. via http://hagginmuseum.org/Collections/AlbertBierstadt/YosemiteValley
"Sunset in the Yosemite Valley." ca. 1868.
“Sunset in the Yosemite Valley.” ca. 1868. Image © Haggin Museum, Stockton. Fair use license. via http://hagginmuseum.org/Collections/AlbertBierstadt/SunsetintheYosemiteValley.
"Mount Sir Donald, Asulkan Glacier." ca. 1890.
“Mount Sir Donald, Asulkan Glacier.” ca. 1890. Image © Haggin Museum, Stockton. Fair use license. via http://hagginmuseum.org/Collections/AlbertBierstadt/MountSirDonaldAsulkanGlacier
"Evening on Oneida Lake." After 1875.
“Evening on Oneida Lake.” After 1875. Image © Haggin Museum, Stockton. Fair use license. via http://hagginmuseum.org/Collections/AlbertBierstadt/EveningonOneidaLake

The American West at the dawn of the last century and the last quarter of the one before. Painted by Englishman Thomas Moran (1837-1926). Member of the Hudson River School.

"Shoshone Falls on the Snake River." 1900.
“Shoshone Falls on the Snake River.” 1900. Oil on canvas. Image ©Gilcrease Museum. Artwork in the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/01262339
"The great blue spring of the Lower geyser basin, Yellowstone." ca. 1875.
“The great blue spring of the Lower geyser basin, Yellowstone.” ca. 1875. Chromolithograph published by L. Prang and Company. Collection of the Library of Congress http://www.LOC.gov ID 94515827. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.loc.gov/item/94515827/
"Yellowstone Lake." ca. 1875.
“Yellowstone Lake.” ca. 1875. Chromolithgraph. L. Prang and Company, Lithographer. Collection of the Library of Congress http://www.LOC.gov IDpga.12036. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.loc.gov/resource/pga.12036/
"Castle Geyser, Yellowstone." 1874.
“Castle Geyser, Yellowstone.” 1874. Chromolithograph by L. Prang and Company. Collection of the Beinecke Library, Yale University, New Haven. Artwork in the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Castle_Geyser,_Yellowstone,_1874.jpg
"The Golden Hour." 1875.
“The Golden Hour.” 1875. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Moran_-_The_Golden_Hour_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg