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Post by Chuck Burrows on Sept 29, 2012 11:00:12 GMT -7
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Post by Rod on Sept 29, 2012 13:32:33 GMT -7
Good find! I've always liked Ranney's stuff---one thing about him, he knew his horse gear, and how a packsaddle was rigged--something I can't really say about Miller. Here's a couple of books on Ranney: www.amazon.com/Forging-American-Identity-William-Catalogue/dp/0931618614www.amazon.com/William-Ranney-Painter-early-West/dp/B0007DE0IIAt the furtrade symposium earlier this month, Gail Potter of the MOFT brought up a copy of Forging an American Identity, which I looked through. Good book, but the copy they had was pricey, so it didn't come home with me. It was put out for the exhibition back in 2006 of Ranney's works at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. On the way back from Pinedale, we stopped in Cody, and toured the museum (a MUST stop for anyone passing remotely close), and they had quite a number of Ranney's works on exhibit. Nothing like looking at an original, up close and personal----no glass in front either, just a guard or two keeping an eye on things. www.tfaoi.com/aa/6aa/6aa299.htmRod |
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Post by Chuck Burrows on Oct 3, 2012 9:23:55 GMT -7
Rod - yep I like Ranney, Tait, Deas, and Bingham especially for the 1840-1850 period. A good book that discusses all of the above is American Frontier Life: Early Western Painting and Prints www.amazon.com/American-Frontier-Life-Western-Painting/dp/0896596931Interesting thing I found via this book is that Ranney and Tait had a fairly close relationship with Miller, even apparently using some of the gear he collected as examples for doing their paintings... |
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