COLLECTOR'S FOCUS
WESTERN LANDSCAPES“The best landscape works can not only stop
a viewer in their tracks in a gallery, but they
stick with us and heighten our awareness
of the world around us.” The C.M. Russell
Museum’s major annual event, The Russell:
An Exhibition and Sale to Benefit the C.M.
Russell Museum, features Western works from
a wide range of talented artists and presents a
unique opportunity to admire all of the various
depictions of the West.
Another prominent yearly event is
Trappings of Texas at Museum of the Big
Bend. The show “began 33 years ago with
the idea to showcase contemporary Western
art alongside custom cowboy gear. This show
has launched many Western artists’ careers
including memberships into the elite Western
art groups the Cowboy Artists of America and
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