A Journal for Classic Western Art
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October/November 2012
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WHAT'S GOING ON
Summer has been swept away, replaced by the telltale signs of autumn in New Mexico. Ristras are hanging, leaves are changing, and the air is redolent of chiles roasting in outdoor markets.
During this past summer Zaplin Lampert Gallery celebrated two milestones: its 25th anniversary on Canyon Road as well as Mark Zaplin and Richard Lampert's 60 years of friendship. In addition, the gallery hosted the president of Houston's MD Anderson Cancer Center, Dr. Ronald DePinho, newly elected to the National Academy of Sciences, as a guest speaker to discuss the extraordinary research and healthcare in which the Center is involved. Richard was particularly busy helping to raise money for important local arts organizations. He acted as auctioneer for three gala auctions: for the Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos Art Museum, and SWAIA -- the Southwest Association for Indian Arts -- host of Santa Fe's longstanding annual Indian Market.
In this issue, we focus particular attention on Thomas and Peter Moran, whose work the gallery is featuring in an upcoming exhibition, Thomas Moran/Peter Moran: West by Southwest. As always, we welcome you to view a selection of our new acquisitions, enjoy our online exhibition, and take note of local events in Santa Fe as well as in museums nationwide. And please remember to stop by and visit us whenever you are in Santa Fe.
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THOMAS MORAN / PETER MORAN:
WEST BY SOUTHWEST
October 12th through November 10th, 2012
Please join us for the opening reception on Friday, October 12 from 5 to 7 p.m. featuring a presentation by DAVID G. WRIGHT author of "Domestic and Wild: Peter Moran's Images of America"
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THOMAS & PETER MORAN
in the American West
Thomas Moran (1837-1926) and his brother Peter (1841-1914) were the most prominent members of an extraordinary clan of prodigiously talented siblings, spouses, and their offspring. The Morans were native to Bolton, England, but the family emigrated to the United States in 1844 when Thomas was seven and Peter three. They settled in Philadelphia and it was there that the four artist Moran brothers (Edward, Thomas, Peter and John) began their careers. At the age of 16 Thomas apprenticed with a wood engraving firm but quickly advanced from reproducing the artwork of others to creating original work. He began etching in 1856, beginning a lifelong involvement with the graphic arts that reached its apogee in his collaboration with Louis Prang and Co. Thomas Moran made the first of eight trips to the American West in 1871 as a member of the Hayden geological survey. The Hayden group visited the Yellowstone region and the experience set Moran on his path to becoming one of the most important and celebrated early artists of the American West. On subsequent trips Thomas returned to Yellowstone and visited New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah and the Yosemite region. A selection of his images of the natural wonders of Yellowstone were published by Prang as a portfolio of 15 chromolithographs in 1876. Moran praised Prang's work in a letter, stating that "chromo-lithography has, in your hands, attained perfection."
Thomas Moran
"Yellowstone Lake"
Chromolithograph
9 13/16 x 14 5/16 inches
The Prang prints are widely recognized as the finest examples of the chromolithographic medium and can be difficult to distinguish from Moran's original watercolors. Moran's Yellowstone paintings were instrumental in creating the impetus for Congress to designate Yellowstone as the nation's first national park. Two of his most famous paintings, the monumental oils "The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone" and "The Chasm of the Colorado" were purchased by Congress for the then extraordinary sum of $10,000 apiece. The paintings continue to hang in the Capitol in Washington, D.C., to this day. The Act of Dedication creating Yellowstone National Park was signed by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872. After living in East Hampton, New York, for many years, in 1916 Thomas Moran began spending winters in Santa Barbara, California. He moved permanently to Santa Barbara in 1922 and died there in 1926 at the age of 89.
Like his older brothers Thomas and Edward, Peter Moran began his career with an apprenticeship in a graphic arts firm. In 1859 he began to study painting with his
 Peter Moran
"An August Day"
Oil on canvas
15 3/4 x 23 1/2 inches
Signed lower left
brothers, beginning the transition from tradesman to fine artist. . . . t o continue, click here.
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NEW ACQUISITIONS
Leon Gaspard (1882-1964)
"Spruce and Aspen"
Oil on board
20 1/4 x 16 inches
Signed lower left
E. A. Burbank (1858-1949)
"Be-Toe-Wak-Shay-Be-Gie, Navajo"
Oil on canvas
13 x 9 inches
Titled upper left and signed lower left
 Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902)
"The Last of the Buffalo"
Photogravure
16 x 27 1/4 inches
1891
Fremont Ellis (1897-1985)
"Autumn Ristra"
Oil on board
16 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches
Signed lower left
Theodore Van Soelen (1890-1964)
"Fall in Northern New Mexico" 1922
Oil on canvas
23 1/2 x 39 1/2 inches
Signed and dated lower left
 Gene Kloss (1903-1996)
"Penitente Fires"
Drypoint and aquatint
11 x 14 inches
Titled lower left and signed lower right
To view more of our new acquisitions, click here. |
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ONLINE EXHIBITION
THOMAS MORAN / PETER MORAN
WEST BY SOUTHWEST
Thomas Moran
"Green River"
Ink Wash
6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches
Signed lower left
Thomas Moran
"The Great Salt Lake of Utah"
Chromolithograph
9 11/16 x 14 1/16 inches
Thomas Moran
"Mosquito Trail, Rocky Mountains of Colorado"
Chromolithograph
10 x 14 1/2 inches
Peter Moran
"Pueblo and Burros"
Hand-colored lithograph
11 x 12 1/2 inches
Peter Moran
"Loretto Chapel, Santa Fe"
Watercolor
13 x 19 inches
[Not for sale]
To view the entire online exhibition, click here.
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NEW BOOKS OF NOTE
Known as an authority on the art of New Mexico, art historian and author, Sharyn R. Udall, has recently released a new book on a subject for which she has enjoyed a long-held interest. In "Dance and American Art," Udall explores the myriad ways in which visual artists working in a variety of media -- painting, sculpture, print and photography -- have depicted the human body in movement. With vibrant reproductions of artwork and Udall's expressive handling of the material, the book details how artists' portrayals of celebrated dancers and genre dance scenes illuminate American culture within its historical and social context, from early pioneer days to the mid-twentieth century. Major American artists are included in the discussion as well as artists important to the development of New Mexico's art communities, such as Ernest Blumenschein, Robert Henri and John Sloan.
Available at Collected Works, Santa Fe.
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Dance and American Art:
A Long Embrace
Sharyn R. Udall will give an illustrated presentation based on "Dance and American Art" at the
New Mexico Museum of Art St. Francis Auditorium Friday, November 2 at 5:30 p.m.
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SANTA FE & NEW MEXICO EVENTS
Selected local exhibits and events:
Taos Art Museum
"The Drawings of Nicolai Fechin"
September 01, 2012 - January 06, 2013
Widely regarded as a superb draftsman, this exhibition allows the visitor the rare opportunity to view a variety of Fechin's work with graphite. Also showing are representative works from the artists of the Taos Society, on the first floor of Fechin House.
Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, on Museum Hill in Santa Fe
"New Deal Art: CCC Furniture and Tinwork"
Through December 30, 2012.
In collaboration with Bandelier National Monument, the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art presents functional and decorative works created between 1933 and 1940 by craftsmen who were trained by the Civilian Conservation Corp. The exhibition features 24 pieces of furniture and 15 pieces of decorative tin, in addition to photographs and drawings.
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe
"Chromatic Fusion: The Art of Fused Glass, featuring Klaus Moje"
October 5, 2012 - January 6, 2013
This exhibition marks the 50th anniversary of the development of studio glass work. Exhibitions and programs are being presented in museums and galleries across the country.
Canyon Road Paint Out
Saturday, October 20, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The public is invited to participate in a day-long event with over one hundred artists who are expected for the 2012 Historic Canyon Road Paint Out. Featuring the technique of painting "en plein air" (outdoor), the artists continue. . .
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MUSEUM NEWS NATIONWIDE
Buffalo Bill Historical Center,
Cody, Wyoming
"The West of Thomas Moran"
On view outside the Coe Auditorium
Fifteen of Moran's prints by Boston chromolithographer Louis Prang are featured in addition to two engravings.
The Buffalo Bill Historical Center also displays a superb collection of Western art. On exhibit are the collections of the Whitney Gallery of Western Art that span a period from the explorer artists of the early nineteenth century to contemporary artists. If you go, don't miss seeing the reconstructed studios of Frederic Remington and Alexander Phimister Proctor, as well as the original studio cabin of Joseph Henry Sharp.
Amon Carter Museum, Ft. Worth, Texas
"To See as Artists See: American Art from The Phillips Collection"
October 6, 2012 to January 6, 2013
This landmark show features some 100 masterworks by sixty-three artists from the Duncan Philips Collection. The exhibit presents a view of American art from the beginning of the modernist spirit at the end of the nineteenth century through postwar American painting in the mid-twentieth century. Artists include Alexander Calder, Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, Thomas Eakins, Marsden Hartley, Childe Hassam, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Jacob Lawrence, John Marin, and Georgia O'Keeffe. After its run in Fort Worth the exhibition returns home to The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., for a special presentation in 2014.
The Autry in Griffith Park,
Los Angeles, California
"Katsina in Hopi Life"
Through December 1, 2013
The exhibit features a remarkable collection of Katsina dolls from the Autry's Southwest Museum of the American Indian . . . to continue, click here.
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Thank you for joining us.
Please send us your comments and
stop by the gallery next time you are in Santa Fe.
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