Romancing the West: A Legacy of American Images

Artists featured include Roy Anderson, Richard Bacon, Kent Butler, István Benyovszky, Carole Caroompas, Nicholas Coleman, Cyrus Edwin Dallin, Glenn Dean, Tracy Felix, David Grossmann, Logan Maxwell Hagege, R.A. Heichberger, Frank Tenney Johnson, Roy Kerswill, Jan Kunz, Thomas W. Lorimer, Jeremy Lipking, Albert Micale, Donald Puttman, Billy Schenck, Harold Shelton, Oleg Stavrowsky, and Clark True.

An essay competition was hosted for students in Christine Sellin’s Art 105 course on the history of American art. The first-prize winner was Jaimilee Ruud, who wrote about the syncretization and trading of art influence between Native Americans post-Western contact. Runner-up Livia Bowman focused her paper on investigating the Rolland Gallery’s permanent collection of Harold Shelton’s series “Epic of the Plains Indians.” John Kornet received honorable mention for his essay “Conflicts of American Indians and European Colonists: A Fight of Faith or Provocation for Property?”

Special thanks to our loan partners Maxwell Alexander Gallery and Western Project.

This project was partially funded by a Resident Fellowship from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyoming.

The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Image: Detail of Harold Shelton (American 1918-1999), Defender of the Dakota, bronze and metal paint on granite base, 31 x 20 x 14 inches. Part of the series “Epic of the Plains Indians” commissioned by the National Heritage Collectors Society. Collection of William Rolland.