OT - Favorite Western Artists

[airedaleman]

Who's your favorite Western artist, and what's your favorite work by him? I plunk for Charlie Russell, with Remington of course being a very close second. I favor Russell because he was self-taught, whereas Remington had a formal art education. My favorite Russell is "The Call of the Law," which depicts a mounted lawman rousting a pair of outlaws out of their bedrolls at first light. Believe the law has a 94 Winchester trained on them. (I never had the opportunity to do this. Just as well, I guess. A Glock 22 lacks the romance of a 94 SRC, and our cruisers were silver and black, not a proper white, black, gray, chestnut, buckskin, or - whatever - color.)

[KT-45]

I'll vote for Remington...probably just 'cause I'm more familiar with his work.

[JerryB]

CHARLIE RUSSELL !! Remington was very good, so was Catlin and Bodmer.

[Doc Hudson]

I'm very fond of Russell, Remington and Caitlin as well.

My favorite modern western artist would have to be Pat MacAlister. her painting Phyrric Victory is one of my favorites.

[AJMD429]

Hands down it's Howard Terpning - here's some of my favorites:

http://www.bnr-art.com/terpning/terpning4.htm
(several pages - click thumbnails to enlarge them)

I use these for my desktop alot.

[AJMD429]

Arnold Friberg is also really good - check these out:

http://www.gallerydirectart.com/toh-60.html

http://www.gallerydirectart.com/frib-12.html

http://www.gallerydirectart.com/frib-19.html

[Gun Smith]

One of my favorite artists that is not as well known was Olef Weighorst. His paintings are similar to Russell's in detail technique. He lived for many years in El Cajon, California. I saw several of his works in the home of our family doctor, a friend of his, who lived next door to my folks. He also had several Russells in his collection. This was in the 50's. I'm sure any of these paintings would be worth a fortune now days.

[gunslinger598]

I like all that have been mentioned and would like to add "Wayne Cooper"

http://www.southwestindianarts.net/inde ... yne_Cooper

http://www.txartgallery.com/cooper.htm

[bogus bill]

I like russell. I have about 5 large framed reprints in the house.

[PaperPatch]

Charlie Russell would be my favored artist; my favorite work of his...of the ones I've seen so far; The Price of His Hide. It depicts a hunter who had a testy scrape with a Grizz, and though bleeding a bit...is none the worse for wear. An accurate depiction of a Model 95 Win is in it too.

Since it hangs where I work...I get to pause and glance at it daily.

Mr. Russell had a way with words too...and I've read two of his letters written in correspondence with friends. Great stuff!!!

[jeepnik]

I would include Ansel Adams in this bunch. No one had a better eye for seeing how photo would come out than he. While he did photograph other areas, those of the western US are probably the best known.

[C. Cash]

All of em! Loved George Catlin as a kid with his mountain man paintings. Any Charlie Russell or Fred Remington will do.

[bcp]

I like all the traditional artists mentioned, but one I have enjoyed the most is one I can't find on line for a sample or name.

These were greeting cards sold by Leaning Tree, I believe. They featured humorous western situations that usually had an exaggerated tall spindly building in the scene.

Anyone else remember?

Bruce

[Bill in Oregon]

Russell, Remington, Catlin ... wonderful artists.
I also very much like many of the works from the Taos Society of Artists.
Bill

[dr walker]

I like many of the Navajo artists from the middle of last century. I am sorry I do not know there names, the print I have is signed Ho Se Di ( I think). I like Russell as well and Remington.

[JerryB]

bcp, I know who you mean, that is some of the best there is. I'll look and see if I can find an old card around here. No one carries Leaning Tree cards around here anymore, is he the one that always had a rattler hid someplace in the picture?

[piller]

I really like Bev Doolittle's art. The picture within a picture she does is lots of fun to try to find.

[Wes]

Charlie Russell for sure. His work was from the viewpoint of the cowboy and it showed.

[bcp]

Found it!

The Skinny (Slim?) Saloon series by LLoyd Mitchell. Not much on line.



Bruce

[Meeteetse]

All that have been mentioned are great. I found a guy several years ago in Jackson, WY that I really like. His name is Roy Kerswill.

[6pt-sika]

C.M. Russell

I'm also partial to a certain National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Montana named after the same man

[Nate Kiowa Jones]

How bout of our own. John is a member here. Sorry John but I forgot your forum tag.

The Art of John Dietz

http://www.johndietzstudio.com/index.htm



I have several of Johns work. I like his work because it has a rustic look, not as refined and back east looking as some of the more well knowns. His work looks like something that you would actually see in an old ranch house back in the day.

[GoatGuy]

Gordon Snidow - A friend from my New Mexico days, Gordon is known as "the foremost chronicler of the contemporary cowboy since 1959"

... Gordon Snidow was honored with a retrospective show at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. in which nearly 250,000 people attended. In addition, he was honored with a retrospective show at the Hubbard Museum of the American West and the Cowboy Artists of America Museum. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the leading western art museums including the Thomas Gilcrease Museum, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame Museum, the Cowboy Artists of America Museum, the Cody Museum, and the Phoenix Art Museum. His work has been exhibited internationally in Russia, China, England, France, Germany, Taiwan, and Canada.

Gordon Snidow is recording other aspects of his time. Those include his American Woman Series, Homeless, Wildlife, and one specific work recognizable anywhere in the country today-an adobe wall covered with graffiti. All are parts of his view of the “whole fabric” of the modern West. He paints it not as he would like it to be, but the way it is. He is the creator of the famous Coors Cowboy Collectors Series. His work has graced more than 50 magazine covers. There are no guarantees for the future of the cowboy, but there is for his past. Thanks to Gordon Snidow, the cowboy in the late 20th century, and his world will be preserved.

Gordon Snidow was a Charter and Emeritus member of the Cowboy Artists of America. In 1988, when he took Emeritus membership he had won twenty-seven gold and silver medals, a Colt award, and three Best of Shows in CAA competition. In 1998 he was awarded the New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts. In 2003 he was honored with a Memorial by the New Mexico Legislature. The British Broadcasting Company produced a film about Gordon Snidow, two books have been written about him and his work, and a video was produced showing his retrospective shows.

Check out his work, especially The Cowboy Series, The Coors Collector Series, and The American Woman Series - http://www.gordonsnidow.com