May 26 - September 5, 2022
From The Briscoe Western Art Museum:
“Spotlighting the founding fathers of Western art alongside artists who have safeguarded the traditional style of this uniquely American art form, The Sons of Charlie Russell: Cowboy Artists of America premiers at the Briscoe Western Art Museum May 27 – Sept. 5. The exhibition traces the successive artwork of the Cowboy Artists of America, an organization formed to promote the West and cowboy life in art, from its founders, and those who inspired them, to today’s contemporary members.
Featuring works typically only seen in private collections and never before exhibited together, the exhibition includes 70 works of art encompassing paintings, sculpture and works on paper. Forty artists are featured, with works dating from 1890 to the present day. Viewed through this long historical lens, the exhibition defines a core set of criteria for what traditional Western art is, solidifying the strength and vibrancy of the genre.
Featured artists, in chronological order of their inclusion in the exhibition include: Frederic Remington (1861 – 1909), Charles M. Russell (1864 – 1926), Frank Tenney Johnson (1874 – 1939), W. R. Leigh (1866 – 1955), Edward Borein (1872 – 1945), Joe Beeler (1931 – 2006), Charlie Dye (1906 – 1972), George Phippen (1915 – 1966), John Hampton (1918 – 2000), Fred Harman (1902 – 1982), John Clymer (1907 – 1989), R. Brownell McGrew (1916 – 1994), Fritz White (1930 – 2010), Bill Owen (1942 – 2013), Melvin Warren (1920 – 1995), Kenneth Paul Riley (1919 – 2015), Howard Terpning (b. 1927), Tom Lovell (1909 – 1997), Fritz White (1930 – 2010), David Allen Halbach (b. 1931), Gordon Snidow (b. 1936), James Reynolds (1926 – 2010), John Moyers (b. 1958), John Coleman (b. 1949), Wayne Baize (b. 1943), Bruce R. Greene (b. 1953), Chad Poppleton (b. 1976), Mikel Donahue (b. 1956), Dustin Payne (b. 1981), C. Michael Dudash (b. 1952), Phil Epp (b. 1946), Tyler Crow (b. 1989), Bill Nebeker (b. 1942), Grant Redden (b. 1960), Jason Scull (b. 1958), Teal Blake (b. 1978), Clark Kelley Price (b. 1945), Martin Grelle (b. 1954), Tom Browning (b. 1949), Oreland Joe Sr. (b. 1958), Jim Norton (b. 1953)”
Reception: May 26, 2022 | 6–8 pm
210 West Market
San Antonio, 78205 TX
210-299-4499
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