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The Coming of the Iron Horse
by Frank C. McCarthy
Of all the innovations of the nineteenth century, none changed the
landscape of the American West more than the steam locomotive. A
monument to speed, industry and westward expansion, the locomotive
charged across the landscape, changing the face of frontier life
forever, but it did not happen overnight. Past and present collided in
the prairies and plains, as workers laying tracks for the trains met
with resistance from local wildlife. Even the mighty locomotive engine
itself, with all its power and might, occasionally ran into the
unstoppable force of nature.
“Huge migrating herds of buffalo could stall a train for hours,” said
Frank McCarthy. “For sport, travelers sometimes took potshots at them
from the cars while they waited for the procession to pass.” It would
not
be long before progress and professional hide hunters rendered the
threat of buffalo on train tracks nearly extinct.
Greenwich
Workshop Fine Art Anniversary Edition Giclée Canvas:
not to exceed 75 and numbered.
28"w x 22"h.
$795
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Arriving June 2008
The Taunt
by Frank C. McCarthy
In his long and storied career, Frank McCarthy earned renown for many
things—his attention to detail, his insistence on historical accuracy,
his first-rate storytelling ability—but none were more celebrated than
his eye for design. “The Dean of Western Action,” as he came to be
known, brought from his early days as a commercial illustrator an
understanding of visual design that makes his action-packed paintings
the finest of their type.
In The Taunt, a band of Plains warriors
races across the prairie with their opponents in hot pursuit. The
frenetic action of the story is made infinitely more exciting by
McCarthy’s compelling design, which leads the viewer’s eye through the
painting like a hawk tracking a hare. Any serious collector of Western
art cannot consider their collection complete if it does not contain a
McCarthy, who is truly an original American master!
Greenwich
Workshop Fine Art Giclée Canvas:
limited to 75 and numbered.
14"w x 28"h.
$695
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The Pawnee
by James Bama
James Bama has derived a great deal of joy from the friendships he has
developed with many of the Native American subjects of his portraits.
Years ago, he discovered that on a personal level, they are often very
different from the confrontational image they often project. For
example, Wes Studi, a full-blooded Cherokee, established an impressive
screen-acting career with his intense portrayals of a Pawnee war-party
leader in Dances with Wolves and as the
vengeful Magua in The Last of the Mohicans,
yet Bama found him genial and obliging. During their visits to the Bama
home, Studi and his children often spent happy hours playing basketball
with the artist and his son.The cultural gap was bridged as two fathers
enjoyed time with their children.
Greenwich
Workshop Fine Art Giclée Canvas:
limited to 125 s/n.
15"w x 19"h.
$545
Free shipping
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