Bill Anton, Arizona Awakening, Oil on canvas, 2012. Autry Museum 2012.5.1
February 8, 2025 – April 13, 2025
Marilyn and Calvin Gross Gallery
Award-winning paintings and sculptures collected through the Autry’s Masters of the American West annual art exhibition and sale compose this exhibition that explores the role of romanticism in contemporary art. A style of art originating in the late 18th century that quickly spread across Europe and the United States, Romanticism emphasizes emotion, imagination, and immersion in nature as the source of beauty and truth.
In Western art today, Romanticism is associated with depictions of the natural world, noble creatures, and conjured histories. Come and experience the West as it has been imagined to be, but also as it is: a place indelibly shaped by the enduring appeal of its historical image.
Back by popular demand! The online sale for the small works sale is OPEN until April 13.
Participating Artists include:
Tony Abeyta | William Acheff | Peter S. Adams | Gerald Balciar | Duke Beardsley | Thomas Blackshear II | Eric Bowman |Tom Browning | John Budicin | John Buxton | George Carlson | G. Russell Case | Tim Cherry | Leonard Chmiel | Michael Coleman | Nicholas Coleman | Brent Cotton | Glenn Dean | Mick Doellinger | Josh Elliot | Teresa Elliot | John B. Fawcett | Luke Frazier | Danny Galieote | David Griffin | Robert Griffing | David Grossmann | Logan Maxwell Hagege | Donna Howell-Sickles | Oreland C. Joe Sr. | Brett Allen Johnson | Steve Kestrel | Brenda Kingery | Dave LaMure, Jr | Joshua LaRock | T. Allen Lawson | ZS Liang | Jeremy Lipking | D. Larue Mahlke | Walter Matia | Eric Merrell | Dean L. Mitchell | James Morgan | John Moyers | Terri Kelly Moyers | Daniel W. Pinkham | Kyle Polzin | Howard Post | Kevin Red Star | George C. Redden | Grant Redden | Jason Rich | Mateo Romero | Billy Schenck | Phyllis Shafer | William Sharer | Mian Situ | Adam Smith | Daniel Smith | Matt Smith | Tucker Smith | Tim Solliday | Kathryn Stedham | Howard Terpning |Joshua Tobey | Ezra Tucker | Dustin Van Wechel | Curt Walters | Kim Wiggins | Xiang Zhang
Logan Maxwell Hagege, Time and Space, oil, 40 x 60, Autry Museum.
Thomas Blackshear, Wild West Show, oil on canvas, 31 x 41, Autry Museum.
Ed Mell, Cascading Canyon Storm, oil on linen, 40 x 48, Autry Museum.
Howard Terpning, The Force of Nature Humbles All Men, 2003. Oil on canvas. Winner of the 2004 Masters of the American West Award; Acquisition made possible in part by Cindy and Alan Horn, Michael Kammerer, Durwood and Darlene Barnett, Saralynn and John J. Geraghty, Roe and Beverly Hatlen, Mian and Helen Situ, Rosella and Carl Thorne, and Robert J. and Leslie Zasa. Autry Museum; 2003.106.1 © Terpning Family Limited Partnership LLP.
Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation · Chrystina and Jim Parks
Marilyn B. and Calvin B. Gross · Cindy and Alan Horn · Alan and Sandy Whitman
Sandy and David Berman · Tally and Bill Mingst · Sherry Nicholas · Keith Renken · Jim and Jodie Rea · Lois R. Rice · Lora and Robert Sandroni · Roberta Turner and Ed Adams
Elaine and Peter Adams · Beau Alexander · American Legacy Fine Arts · Kath and Dr. Joe Anderson · Stephen Aron · David Cartwright · Barbara Cox-Winter and Jeffrey Winter · Marian and Ted Craver · Victoria and Dorn Dean · Jay Grodin · Cathey and Donald Humphreys · Greg and Katy Laetsch · Colleen and Tom Lee · Maxwell Alexander Gallery · Tim and Karon McCarthy · Nat Owings and Laura Widmar · The Owings Gallery · Anne Phillips · Stanley B. Schneider · Ginny Stevenson · Charlie Steinmetz · VEFA Gallery
Back by popular demand! The online sale for the small works sale is OPEN until April 13.
The Autry Museum of the American West acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles basin and So. Channel Islands). We recognize that the Autry Museum and its campuses are located on the traditional lands of Gabrielino/Tongva peoples and we pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders) and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.
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