Paintings

<p><span class="deck"> The Middle West has put its stamp on many artists’ work</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> “An unconquerable mind in a frame of iron”</span><br /><span class="typestyle"> Forgotten paintings by George Catlin, who saw the West unspoiled, turn up again to recall the marvels that unfolded before the eyes of the heroic French explorer</span> </span></p>

<p>In painting the romance of the American cowboy, Remington knew instinctively what would grip his audience and held it fast.</p>

<p>David Fertig wonderfully captures a bygone age of naval warfare.</p>

<p><span class="deck">‘The ingenious Captain Peale” sired a dynasty of painters and started America’s first great museum.</span> </p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span>American colonial elites surrounded themselves with paintings, furniture, and other objects to shape their identities and to set themselves apart from others.</span></span></span></span></span></p>