| Notes: | Edition of 500.
Catalog published in conjunction with the exhibition William Herbert "buck" Dunton: A Mainer Goes West, organized by Harwood Museum of Art and Phoenix Art Museum, held at Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, New Mexico from October 29, 2022 - May 21, 2023 and Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona from June 17, 2023 - June 30, 2024.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Summary: | "Organized by Phoenix Art Museum and the Harwood Museum of Art in Taos, New Mexico, William Herbert “Buck” Dunton: A Mainer Goes West explores the work of Taos Society of Artists’ (TSA) member William Herbert “Buck” Dunton. Founded in 1915, the TSA became arguably the most important group to create and popularize images of the western United States. Born and raised in Maine, Dunton drew influence from his childhood summers spent in the rural Maine countryside to paint subjects and scenes of the region, contributing to the constructed mythology of the American West." -- From publisher's website.
"William Herbert “Buck” Dunton: A Mainer Goes West celebrates the legacy of the Taos Society of Artists’ (TSA) resident “cowboy painter.” Founded in 1915, the TSA also included Oscar E. Berninghaus, E.L. Blumenschein, E. Irving Couse, Bert Geer Phillips, and Joseph Henry Sharp. Outfitted in a ten-gallon hat, cowboy boots, and chaps, Maine native Dunton (1879-1936) created captivating paintings of frontiersmen firmly cemented in the historical genre of the American West. These works created a mythology of the west, focusing on the romantic geographic and cultural Southwest landscapes." -- From publisher's website.
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