The Art of the American West [Hardcover]

Caroline Linscott (Author), Julie Christiansen-Dull (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1999

"Art of the American West" presents a colorful and impressive collection of contemporary paintings from some of the world's finest artists.

Features 126 of the finest paintings that captured the spirit of the west - cowboys, Native Americans, landscapes, and desert scenes.

Includes a wide range of styles and media - oil, watercolor, pastel, acrylic. Gives insights into the artists' inspiration and techniques.

Editorial Reviews

Book Description

The colorful and intriguing pages of this book present a splendid showcase of paintings from some of the world's most interesting artists. Historical anecdotes and the artists' inspirations convey the emotions of America's westward journey.

Selected from the work of over 400 contemporary professional artists, these accurate and sensitively rendered paintings represent an adventure and voyage of discovery in art. International and American artists, with backgrounds as varied as cowboys and guides, mountain men, war veterans, engineers, illustrators, teachers, and ministers are represented.

This book gives a dynamic view of the American West by featuring:
-- One hundred twenty-six of the finest paintings, capturing the spirit of cowboys, Native Americans, landscapes, and desert scenes
-- A wide range of styles and media -- oil, watercolor, pastel, and acrylic
-- Insights into the artists' inspiration and techniques

This volume will be a treasured collection of images of people, animals, places, and events, a portfolio that preserves the proud heritage of all those who love the great, uncrowded, open spaces of the West. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Caroline Linscott is an award-winning western watercolor artist, and president of Women Artists of the West. Her work has been selected for several juried exhibitions, including the Sedona Art League Juried Exhibit, La Habra Art Festival, and The Laguna Beach Art Festival, as well as for galleries and museums. Her studio and gallery can be found in the historic Lobo house in San Juan Capistrano, California. As the grand-niece of the renown western artist, Frank Tenney Johnson, Julie Christiansen-Dull is an award-winning watercolor artist and writer who is currently Secretary for Women Artists of the West national organization, whose work has been selected for the following juried expositions: La Habra Art Festival, Dana Point Art Ass., Irvine Art Exposition, Echoes & Visions, Laguna Niguel, Art-a-Fair, Laguna Beach, Women Artist of the West National and International Exhibitions, Phippen Museum, Arizona. Her art awards include: Watercolor USA's 1998 Special Purchase Award, Windsor-Newton Best of Watercolor, Macey Award for Set Design, and First, Second and Third Place in local competitions. This year she was chosen as one of the National Park Ambassadors for the Grant Kohrs National Historic Site Montana Artist's Gathering. Her art has been published in Splash 6, Northlight Publications, Once Upon a Time, and Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Her writing publications include Orange County Register, World of Watercolor, In One Hundred Words, Journey into the Past and she has earned the Pen Woman Award in Children's Literature and two awards in the Top 100 writers in Writer's Digest. She is currently working on publishing three children's novels and ten picture books.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Rockport Publishers (March 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564964736
• ISBN-13: 978-1564964731
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 9.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,437,264 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Art of the American West is beautiful, May 19, 2000

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Rebecca Brown "rebeccasreads" (Clallam Bay, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Art of the American West (Hardcover)

Whether it's a mystical painting of thunder maidens or plain-song renditions of cowboys taking a coffee break or a sketch of a bull rider at a rodeo or a buffalo shedding its winter coat this book is like a window on that hot, sunny world of Cowboys & Indians, desert & animals, sunsets & rivers. A glorious gallery of the Great American West.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Feast for the Eyes, March 31, 2006

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Lorna Collins "Author, Speaker, Technical Writer" (Dana Point, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Art of the American West (Hardcover)

This is a beautifully conceived and executed collection of the best of the best. The authors have combined glorious images with interesting information about the artists. All the works are so exceptionally well done it would be difficult to pick a favorite. You'll never tire of immersing yourself in the beauty.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Coffee Table Treasure . . ., May 1, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Art of the American West (Hardcover)

ENJOY! Each page is a large-scale color plate of one artist's work - 125 in all. My favorites include works by Mian Situ, Cyrus Afsary, Ray Vinella, Tom Haas, Ken Auster, Lanford Monroe, E Manning Crook, Oleg Stavrowsky, Stepahn Juharos, Howard Post, Paul Youngman, Martha Saudek, Judith-Moore Knapp, Sherry Blanchard Stuart, Tim Cox and Bruce Peil.