Bøger af Peter H. Hassrick

Frederick Remington's early paintings of the West were more literal depictions than his romanticized later ones. The boldness Remington had lost in his work by eliminating hard outlines began to reinstate itself in his later works with vigorous brushwork. In his later years, he preferred to paint nocturnes because it allowed him greater freedom and depth of perspective. This commemorative catalogue focuses on Remington's nocturnes and bronzes, a body of work that provides a clear view of the artist's mature vision. In the years between 1905 and his death in 1909, the new direction of Remington's art finally earned him the critical recognition he had been seeking.

The Best of Proctor's West is an in-depth study of eleven of the artist's most celebrated bronzes. Comprising a scholarly publication and a searchable online database, the project weds connoisseurship and science. Bronzes studied are: Fawn (first and second models), Stalking Panther (multiple variations), Arab Stallion, Indian Warrior (large and small versions), Moose, Elk, Q Street Buffalo, Buckaroo (multiple variations), Pursued (1914 and 1928 versions), Buffalo Hunt, and On the War Path.

So highly regarded was John Mix Stanley that more than two hundred of his paintings were held at the Smithsonian Institution - where in 1865 a fire destroyed all but seven of them. This volume, featuring a comprehensive collection of Stanley's extant art offers an opportunity to rediscover his remarkable accomplishments.

The first national park in the world, from the moment of its inception in 1872 Yellowstone National Park has been perceived as a vast visual spectacle. By the 1890s it was known as "the Nation's Art Gallery." Peter Hassrick traces the artistic history of the park from its earliest explorers to the present day in this new edition of Drawn to Yellowstone, a richly illustrated account of the artists who traveled to and were inspired by Yellowstone.