Unprecedented in size and scope, this special issue of Western Passages celebrates the full range of the western American art holdings at the Denver Art Museum. Published to mark the tenth anniversary of the museum s Petrie Institute of Western American Art, "Elevating Western American Art: Developing an Institute in the Cultural Capital of the Rockies" includes thirty essays by art historians from across the United States and Canada as well as a comprehensive history of the growth of Denver s impressive collection of art of the American West.
More than twenty of the museum s undisputed...

Unprecedented in size and scope, this special issue of Western Passages celebrates the full range of the western American art holdings at the Denver Art Museum. Published to mark the tenth anniversary of the museum s Petrie Institute of Western American Art, "Elevating Western American Art: Developing an Institute in the Cultural Capital of the Rockies" includes thirty essays by art historians from across the United States and Canada as well as a comprehensive history of the growth of Denver s impressive collection of art of the American West.
More than twenty of the museum s undisputed...