Artist-explorer John Mix Stanley (1814-1872), one of the most celebrated chroniclers of the American West in his time, was in a sense a victim of his own success. So highly regarded was his work that more than two hundred of his paintings were held at the Smithsonian Institution--where in 1865 a fire destroyed all but seven of them. This volume, featuring a comprehensive collection of Stanley's extant art, reproduced in full color, offers an opportunity--and ample reason--to rediscover the remarkable accomplishments of this outsize figure of nineteenth-century American culture.

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Artist-explorer John Mix Stanley (1814 1872), one of the most celebrated chroniclers of the American West in his time, was in a sense a victim of his own success. So highly regarded was his work that more than two hundred of his paintings were held at the Smithsonian Institution where in 1865 a fire destroyed all but seven of them. This volume, featuring a comprehensive collection of Stanley s extant art, reproduced in full color, offers an opportunity and ample reason to rediscover the remarkable accomplishments of this outsize figure of nineteenth-century American culture.
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Art for a New Understanding, an exhibition from Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, seeks to reposition the narrative of American art since 1950 by charting a history of the development of contemporary Indigenous art. This accompanying book documents and expands on the histories and themes of the exhibition.