Senin, 08 Januari 2018

Fleeting Visions of the Old West

Cowboy artist Charles Russell captured the vibrant spirit of a short-lived way of life. At the end of the 19th century, numerous artists set out to depict an American West that by then had mostly vanished. But the paintings of Charles Russell, which are featured in a traveling exhibition currently at the Gilcrease Museum in …

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