Bronze statue of an Indigenous person holding a staff and feather on display in the Introductory Gallery of the museum, with other similar sculptures visible in the background.
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Introductory Gallery

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Begin your journey through Western art with sweeping landscape paintings and powerful sculptures that celebrate the land, people, and cultures of the American West.

Highlights From the Gallery

Wilson Hurley, Surviving Monuments of the Ancient People of the Rock, Canyon del Muerto, 1985, oil on canvas

John Coleman, The Greeter, Black Moccasin Meeting Lewis and Clark, 2011, bronze

Tony Abeyta (Navajo (Diné)), Untitled, 2012, oil on canvas

Curt Walters, A Sense of Time, 2006, oil on canvas

Let’s begin with the land. From colorful canyons to vast prairies, majestic landscape paintings of the American West provide a foundation for your museum journey. In this first gallery, you will find paintings by Curt Walters, Wilson Hurley and Tony Abeyta (Navajo). You will also be greeted by a series of sculptural interpretations of 1800s Indigenous leaders by contemporary artist John Coleman. Throughout the museum galleries, the lands of the West link together stories of people and cultures.

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