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Your idea of Western art may be too narrow. There are 80 topics identified below on which you could build a wonderful art collection. It is suggested that collections be built on a theme or a common thread to maximize your investment.
By the way, we know of a collector who amassed a wonderful collection of miniatures by every major living Western artist. It was a terrific idea.
Historic (Pre-1930)
- Includes art by the master painters & illustrators, such as F. Remington, C. Russell, C. Schreyvogel, A. Bierstadt, G. Catlin, Frank Tenney Johnson, J. Sharp, Wyeth, & others.
- Action scenes
- Cowboys at work and play
- Old photos & newspaper drawings
- Portraits of heroes & everyday people
- Posters of wild west shows
- Ranch scenes
- Scenes of life (cattle drives, old west towns, pioneers, stage coaches, trappers & hunters, wagon trains)
- Scenery and landscapes
- Still lifes (barbed wire, boots, branding irons, chaps, ropes, spurs)
- Sculpture
People, Places, Events
- Women subjects
- Black subjects
- Hispanic subjects
- Children
- National parks
- Cities
- Celebrations and festivals
- Historical events
- Historical places
Contemporary (Since 1930)
- Includes art by the master painters and illustrators, such as the Taos Painter, the Cowboy Artists of America and others.
- Cowboys in action
- Cowboy portraits
- Cowboy slices of life
- Landscapes (desert, forest, mountains, stock pond)
- Ranch life at work & play
- Ranch family & family life
- Still lifes (hats, jeans, kids, fence lines, round pens, saddles & tack, John Deere tractors, trucks)
- Photo-realism style
- Impressionistic style
- Modern interpretive style
- Sculpture
- Photographs
Humorous
- Cowboys in action
- Humorous situations
- Portraits
- Single images
- Cartoon panels that tell a story
- Slice of life
- Today's cowboy (cell phones, cows with beepers, farriers, helicopters, vets)
- Yesterday's cowboy in today's world
- Cartoon style
- Photo-realism style
- Sculpture
Native American
- Action scenes
- Historical (cliff dwellers, gatherer & hunters)
- Everyday life - historical
- Modern day life
- Dancers
- Portraits
- By Indian artists
- By non-Indian artists
- Photo-realism style
- Impressionistic style
- Modern interpretive style
- Photographs
Western Competition
- Rodeo cowboys in action
- Scenes of famous rodeos (Calgary, Cheyenne)
- Team rodeo events
- Horse racing
- Events (barrel, chuck wagon, cutting, drill team, racing, saddle bronc, Western pleasure)
- Livestock events
- Rodeo clowns
- Rodeo cowboy portraits
- Still life's - rodeo equipment & rodeo memorabilia
- Photo-realism style
- Impressionistic style
- Modern interpretive style
Western Wildlife & Livestock
- Action scenes, doing something
- Portraits, animals at rest
- Bear, coyote, fox, wolf
- Deer, antelope, buffalo
- Horses by breed (App., Arab, Clyde, Paint, Thoro., Quarter)
- Cattle (different breeds)
- Other domestic animals ( cow dog, guard donkey, work mule, stable cat)
- Photo-realism style
- Impressionistic style
- Modern interpretive style
- Photographs
- 4-H (chicken, goat, pig, rabbit, sheep)
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