Decision 2008 Update (April 25)
Dash for the Timber continues to hold onto its lead in our election. Is it time for a change? 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:
Eleven Votes
Frederic Remington
A Dash for the Timber
Action
Seth Hopkins, 41
Cartersville, Georgia
Nine Votes
Thomas Cole
The Hunter’s Return
This is my favorite work of art because I like the color and I like the shape.
Naseen Nabil, 8
Arlington, Texas
Seven Votes
Grant Wood
Parson Weems’ Fable
Five Votes Each
William J. McCloskey
Wrapped Oranges
Georgia O’Keeffe
White Birch
John Singer Sargent
Alice Vanderbilt Shepard
Sargent had great insight and affinity with the children he painted. He captures her shyness, revealed in part by a blush in her cheeks. Sargent always subordinated the lavish female costumes of that era to make the face the focal point. He is a virtuoso with paint strokes—his work is an ideal other artists strive for.
Leisa Corbett, 51
Saint Louis, Missouri
John Quincy Adams Ward
The Freedman
Four Votes Each
Alexander Calder
[Untitled]
Thomas Eakins
Swimming
Martin Johnson Heade
Thunder Storm on Narragansett Bay
Fitz Henry Lane
Boston Harbor
Thomas Moran
Cliffs of Green River
Three Votes Each
Albert Bierstadt
Sunrise, Yosemite Valley
Marsden Hartley
Provincetown Abstraction
Frederic Remington
The Cowboy
Frederic Remington
Ridden Down
The Indian warrior on the top of the plateau with the white men coming after him—it so evokes the fate of the Native Americans at the hand of the white man
Dan Stoyak, 19
Arlington, Texas
Two Votes Each
Alexander Calder
Studies for Amon Carter Museum Plaza
Alexander Stirling Calder
An American Stoic
Thomas Cole
The Garden of Eden
Stuart Davis
Blips and Ifs
Stuart Davis
Chinatown
Charles Demuth
Chimney and Water Tower
Daniel Chester French
Benediction
Marsden Hartley
American Indian Symbols
David Johnson
Eagle Cliff, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire
Georgia O’Keeffe
Black Patio Door
Georgia O’Keeffe
Dark Mesa and Pink Sky
It was my favorite because it has a lot of shapes.
Sammy Najil, 9
Arlington, Texas
William T. Ranney
Marion Crossing the Pee Dee
Frederic Remington
The Old Stage Coach of the Plains
This is my favorite work of art because it captures the sense of adventure found in the way West along the U.S. frontier in the late 1800s.
Franklyn Henry Smith, 59
Fort Worth, Texas
Frederic Remington
The Right of the Road
Ben Shahn
World’s Greatest Comics
It’s really neato!
John Robinson, 27
Fort Worth, Texas
One Vote Each
Saul Baizerman
Cantata
Paul Bartlett
Bear Cub Grooming
Frederic Edwin Church
New England Landscape
Arthur Dove
The Lobster
Great composition, great color, great technique.
Matthew Bostick, 49
Fort Worth, Texas
William M. Harnett
[Attention Company]
This painting has always drawn me in from the first day I came to work at the Carter when we were at the Q. I could not put my figure on why I was drawn into it. Maybe it was because I could relate to the expression on his face of the unknown and I was new to the Carter. It was hypnotic and a mesmerizing image.
Lauri Lawrence, 40
Fort Worth, Texas
William M. Harnett
Ease
Martin Johnson Heade
Two Hummingbirds above a White Orchid
Winslow Homer
Crossing the Pasture
Louise Nevelson
Lunar Landscape Wall
Georgia O’Keeffe
Series I – No. 1
Julian Onderdonk
A Cloudy Day, Bluebonnets near San Antonio, Texas
I like it because it is so peaceful and pretty. I love it because of the comments my students make when they view it. They really connect to it and place themselves inside the painting. It is awesome!
Cindy Shaw, 32
Fort Worth, Texas
John Frederick Peto
A Closet Door
Frederic Remington
Coming Through the Rye
Frederic Remington
The Fall of the Cowboy
So much history is displayed, (I) love the Western art (and) also love sculptures—not being an artist, (I) love the expressions, details, etc.
Pam Armstrong, 57
Fort Worth, Texas
Frederic Remington
Through the Smoke Sprang the Daring Soldier
Frederic Remington
The Rattlesnake
Frederic Remington
The Grass Fire
Severin Roesen
Still Life of Flowers and Fruit with a River Landscape in the Distance
Charles M. Russell
The Buffalo Hunt, [No.39]
I love the noise of it, the intensity of the moment, the high drama and the bravery of the men and horses. I also love the bright dabs of color in their clothing, forsaking authenticity for interest.
Bonnie Bassett, 65+
Denton, Texas
Charles M. Russell
A Bronc Twister
Charles M. Russell
Counting Coup
Morton Livingston Schamberg
Figure