Research Catalog

Title

Remington, Russell and the language of Western art / Peter H. Hassrick.

Author

Hassrick, Peter H.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Trust for Museum Exhibitions, 2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909
• Russell, Charles M. (Charles Marion), 1864-1926
• Trust for Museum Exhibitions
• Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

Description

175 p. : ill. (some col.), ports.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Beginning about 1825 the frontier artists of the American West helped shape the national identity through their collective images of the region. Following in their footsteps were Frederic Remington (1861-1909) and Charles M. Russell (1864-1926), who brought western art to its apotheosis, becoming, in the historian Robert Taft's phrase, "the most celebrated artists of the West."" "As young men, Remington and Russell struck out for the West, seeking adventure and self-identity. Remington stayed for only one year, Russell for the rest of his life. But both eventually became artists, and both took as their subject the disappearing West and its people. Different in temperament and style, they became the focal point of a manufactured rivalry that dominated the American art scene at the turn of the twentieth century and in essence pitted East against West. Camps of followers developed, and duels were waged on their behalf in the press, although neither Remington nor Russell directly engaged in the rivalry." "This volume, the catalogue for the exhibition Remington, Russell and the Language of Western Art, recounts the story of that shared limelight, its interplay and its tensions. It also explores who Remington and Russell were, how their art interacted, and why, despite their fundamental differences, they are so inextricably joined in the public's mind. Their depictions of the West and its people - Indians, cowboys, cavalrymen, and mountainmen - continue to define the West in the American imagination."--Jacket.

Subject

• Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909 > Exhibitions
• Russell, Charles M. 1864-1926 > Exhibitions
• 1800-1899
• Art and society > United States > History > 19th century > Exhibitions
• Cowboys in art > Exhibitions
• Indians in art > Exhibitions
• Artists > United States > Biography
• West (U.S.) > In art > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• exhibition catalogs.
• Biographies
• Exhibition catalogs
• History
• Catalogues d'exposition.

Note

• Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Nov. 19, 2000-Jan. 28, 2001 and 4 other museums through Dec. 9, 2001.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 172) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Itinerary -- Lenders to the exhibition -- "The most celebrated artists of the West" -- An unwitting rivalry -- Portraits of the artists -- Cowboy illustrators, cowboy artists -- A different light -- Notes.

ISBN

188250710X

OCLC

• 45629127
• SCSB-11044986

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library