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Lure of the West: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Lure of the West Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum Author:Amy Pastan Striking paintings and sculptures in this volume, by artists who traveled west in the decades following the Lewis and Clark explorations, portray the expanding frontier from an array of compelling viewpoints: pristine wilderness, rugged landscapes, the Gold Rush, exotic Hispanic cultures of the Southwest, tribal Indian life, and romanticized vie... more »ws of the West as a place of primal beauty and spiritual values. Artists include Emanuel Leutze, Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Moran, Charles Bird King, George Catlin, Irving Couse, Olin Warner, and others.« less