Decision 2008
Tally (as of March 11)
The Texas Primaries are over, but you still have an opportunity to make your voice heard at the Carter. Take a moment to cast a vote for your favorite painting and sculpture in the museum’s collection, and then check back to see how your favorite fares in the polls:
Nine Votes
Frederic Remington
A Dash for the Timber
Its realism and use of shadows and colors make this work come to life. Vivid facial expression on both men and horses make you feel [like] you are there.
Frank Hillgardner, 61
Arlington, Texas
I can feel the excitement. [I] love the way the horses look. You can see their speed—the fear in their eyes. You just know this isn’t the first time these cowboys have made a run for it.
Sharon Hillgardner, 65
Arlington, Texas
Dynamic, detailed, focused, narrative, historic and beautiful by a master artist
Norman S. Hoyt, 21+
Fort Worth, Texas
Five Votes
Thomas Cole
The Hunter’s Return
I’m all for nature and that picture had to do with all of it. It being fall, the crops, their log cabin, and the lake was pretty neat.
Lindsey Carey, 18
Mineral Wells, Texas
It was a very good representation of man’s struggle against the wild and how people are just a small part of the world.
Chad Gore, 18
Mineral Wells, Texas
Four Votes
Georgia O’Keeffe
White Birch
It is colorful and fits my style.
Megan Trainham, 18
Mineral Wells, Texas
Three Votes Each
Thomas Moran
Cliffs of Green River
The exquisite hues of the background mountains and the reflections of the river bed are reminiscent of Turner’s best works. The painting stirs the soul.
Preston Matthiesen, 59
Fort Worth, Texas
John Quincy Adams Ward
The Freedman
Two Votes Each
Thomas Eakins
Swimming
I grew up with this painting at the 1939 library building, [when I] started to work there in 1945 in the art and music department.
Judge Kenneth Jackson, 77
Fort Worth, Texas
When I was 12 years old, I took this work off the wall at the Fort Worth Public Library [and] walked over to a window and looked intently at the painting. A Librarian asked me what I was doing. “Studying,” I replied. She said, “Be sure to hang it back.”
Larry Kleinschmidt, 60+
Fort Worth, Texas
Daniel Chester French
Benediction
John Singer Sargent
Alice Vanderbilt Shepard
It’s beautiful!
Frank Goss, 81
Fort Worth, Texas
I like Impressionism in art—I could have chosen any of the works of this period, but this is such a beautiful, sensitive portrait.
Rosemary Romine, 81
Grant Wood
Parson Weems’ Fable
When you know the whole story behind George Washington and the cherry tree, this painting is funny. It encompasses the whole idea of Parson Weems and his intentions behind publishing the pamphlet about George Washington. Wood is able to make me laugh every time I see the painting and think about the myth he created around America’s most celebrated president.
Heidi Kloempken, 23
Kasson, Minnesota
One Vote Each
Albert Bierstadt
Sunrise, Yosemite Valley
I like all of Albert Bierstadt’s work. [It is] very realistic and pretty.
Tom Romine, 82
Fort Worth, Texas
Alexander Calder
[Untitled]
I love the way this art piece moves and changes in front of you. I also like how the shadows become part of the piece.
Kim Goss, 26
Mansfield, Texas
Thomas Cole
The Garden of Eden
I am interested in Biblical stories and detailed art.
Jackson Maples, 11
Fort Worth, Texas
Marsden Hartley
Provincetown Abstraction
[I] love the simple lines and abstract lines.
Linda Hill, 64
Cresson, Texas
Martin Johnson Heade
Thunder Storm on Narragansett Bay
Martin Johnson Heade
Two Hummingbirds above a White Orchid
David Johnson
Eagle Cliff, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire
Fitz Henry Lane
Boston Harbor
Georgia O’Keeffe
Dark Mesa and Pink Sky
I love all of Georgia O’Keeffe’s works. This is my favorite of the works displayed.
Pam Aust, 50
Fort Worth, Texas
Georgia O’Keeffe
Black Patio Door
Is there a more simple composition—in line, color, and comprehension? It stays with me. (I love the new way it is exhibited]
Carolyn, P. Norgand, (age not provided)
Argyle, Texas
Frederic Remington
Through the Smoke Sprang the Daring Soldier
Frederic Remington
The Right of the Road
1. I love that it is in black and white—that makes it unique.
2. Having raised horses who also were suspicious of bikes, it makes me laugh.
CJ Noell, 55
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Frederic Remington
The Rattlesnake
A bit of humor exists; you wouldn’t expect a horse to be spooked by a rattlesnake, but even a horse recognizes the warning sign of a rattler. Of all the works of the permanent collection, this piece is what I first think of.
Brett D. Henery, 28
Houston, Texas
Frederic Remington
The Grass Fire
Ben Shahn
World’s Greatest Comics
This is ONE of my favorite paintings. I think everyone has both pleasant and painful memories from their childhoods, and this image instills in me that mild sense of alienation and loneliness that we probably all had when we felt left out. I like the geometric patterns of school’s windows superimposed by the angular lines of the swing set…love it actually.
Carol Noel, 43
Fort Worth, Texas
Morton Livingston Schamberg
Figure
It’s very bright and fun! And I’m a happy person so I just like it!
Amanda Merry, 18
Mineral Wells, Texas