Intended AudienceTrade
ReviewsThis large coffee table book is informative as well as colorful, and I recommend it to serious art collectors. A treasure indeed., ""Western Traditions" paints a broad picture of this fine art category, showing where it is now, and where it is going. Featuring such prominent artists as Glenna Goodacre, Gordon Snidow, Dave McGary, William Acheff, and Gary Niblett, this book belongs in every private and public art library, for it is an important reference as well as a rip-roaring good read.", This collection could be an invaluable guide for educators, art collectors and anyone who appreciates the West and its art and traditions., ""Western Traditions" is a beautiful, powerful and informative coffee table book focusing on paintings and sculptures by nearly 40 artists currently working in the genre."
SynopsisWestern Traditions is a new book on the art of the American West, an art that attracts not only great artists but passionate collectors, not only nostalgia buffs who revel in the history of the frontier but pragmatists who know that the life of the working cowboy is a solid reality in today's ranching industry. Featuring more than fifty celebrated painters and sculptors, Western Traditions paints a broad picture of this fine art category, showing where it has been, where it is now, and where it is going. Featuring such prominent artists as Glenna Goodacre, Gordon Snidow, Dave McGary, William Acheff, and Gary Niblett, this book belongs in every private and public art library, for it is an important reference as well as a rip-roaring good read., "Western Traditions" is a new book on the art of the American West, an art that attracts not only great artists but passionate collectors, not only nostalgia buffs who revel in the history of the frontier but pragmatists who know that the life of the working cowboy is a solid reality in todays ranching industry. Featuring more than fifty celebrated painters and sculptors, "Western Traditions" paints a broad picture of this fine art category, showing where it has been, where it is now, and where it is going. Featuring such prominent artists as Glenna Goodacre, Gordon Snidow, Dave McGary, William Acheff, and Gary Niblett, this book belongs in every private and public art library, for it is an important reference as well as a rip-roaring good read., More than fifty painters and sculptors are represented in this beautiful collection of the art of the American West.