Autry National Center

Morgan Weistling

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Well known for his paintings of early American pioneer life, Morgan Weistling began his art career as a movie-poster illustrator. After 14 years, he left illustration to pursue fine art.

Interested in the effects of light, Weistling’s paintings capture the mood and atmosphere of the past. His attention to the historical aspects of his subjects comes from his desire to portray the truth and beauty of America’s pioneering spirit. His paintings have graced the covers of American Artist, Art of the West, Persimmon Hill, Southwest Art, U.S. Art, and Western Art Collector magazines.

At the Autry National Center's Masters of the American West Fine Art Exhibition and Sale, Weistling won the 2010 David P. Usher Patrons’ Choice for Country Schoolhouse, 1879. In 2008 he received both the David P. Usher Patrons' Choice and the Booth Museum of Western Art Artists’ Choice awards for his painting titled The First Dance. He also received the Patrons’ Choice Award and the Artists’ Choice Award in 2007 for The Quilting Bee, 19th-Century Americana; the Trustees’ Purchase Award in 2002 for The Family Trade, which was acquired for the Autry’s permanent collection; and the Patrons’ Choice Award in 2000.

In 2001 he was the youngest person to win the Prix de West Purchase Award and also won the Nona Jean Hulsey Buyers’ Choice Award from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In 2008, he won his second Prix de West Purchase Award for his painting titled Indian Stories.

Weistling and his wife, JoAnn Peralta, also an artist, reside in California with their daughters, Brittany and Sienna.

Morgan Weistling is represented by Trailside Galleries, Jackson, Wyoming, and Scottsdale, Arizona. Giclée reproductions of his work are available through Greenwich Workshop dealers.