The annual Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, one of the leading auctions for contemporary Western art, shows the field’s growth over time. The inaugural edition, held in Idaho in 1986, totaled $300,000.

Saving One of Western Art’s Most Iconic Paintings. Inside the massive, two-year museum effort to conserve The Blue Boy, Thomas Gainsborough’s famed 18th-century portrait.

Artist Mark Maggiori donated his painting “Once Upon a Time” to the Briscoe Western Art Museum. He says he has continued incorporating Black cowboys into his work to offer a more complete ...

It’s hard to imagine two exhibitions that might complement each other as well as the pair of cowboy art shows that opened here over the past two weeks. At the Denver Art Museum: “The Russells ...

Rose Fredrick bares the weight of the entire Western Art world on her shoulders when she curates the annual exhibit of painting and sculpture that accompanies the National Western Stock Show, a ...

Coors Western Art Show features over 70 artist from around the ... and you can see all these different loops from one spot on the rim," said Young, while gesturing to one of his paintings. ...

When an iconic painting is in need of restoration, ... Rubens is a titan of Western art. The task of restoring his paintings is equally gigantic Show all 12. Your support helps us to tell the story.

This is cowboy art pure and simple. ... Over time, the event grew to encompass traditional fine art, and finally earned its present day moniker and mission in 1997.

In 2002, Oldfield founded the Western Heritage and Art Center near the Red Gate at the fairgrounds, teaching year-round art classes and painting in Western gear and cowboy hat. Many of his light ...