Decision 2008 Update (May 5, 2008)
Every time another candidate starts to close the gap Dash for the Timber races further ahead. There are only a few weeks left in this “election.” 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:
Seventeen Votes
Frederic Remington
A Dash for the Timber
Ten Votes
Grant Wood
Parson Weems’ Fable
The legend regarding George Washington is treated in a whimsical manner that draws the viewer into the painting. The direct gaze of Parson Weems is very engaging and directs the viewer to the fanciful figure of Washington as a child. The cherry motif on the curtain fringe and the border of the tree’s foliage just delights me and reminds me that I love cherry pie!
Sharon LeConey, 55
Fort Worth, Texas
Nine Votes
Thomas Cole
The Hunter’s Return
William J. McCloskey
Wrapped Oranges
Five Votes Each
Thomas Moran
Cliffs of Green River
The museum itself is my favorite work of art. That said, I’ll vote for Moran’s work. I like it because its technical execution, palette of colors, and depth of field are quite compelling. I like how it suggests a story—of exploration and adventure—and all that goes along with it. This painting projects an authentic “feeling” of what it is like to travel through remote areas of the West, and this painting helps me vividly and fondly recall my own visits there. In short, it’s a great painting and it evokes an emotional response from the viewer
Francis Flavin, 38
Washington, D.C.
Georgia O’Keeffe
White Birch
John Singer Sargent
Alice Vanderbilt Shepard
John Quincy Adams Ward
The Freedman
Four Votes Each
Albert Bierstadt
Sunrise, Yosemite Valley
Alexander Calder
[Untitled]
Thomas Eakins
Swimming
Martin Johnson Heade
Thunder Storm on Narragansett Bay
Fitz Henry Lane
Boston Harbor
Three Votes Each
Thomas Cole
The Garden of Eden
Daniel Chester French
Benediction
It is an artwork endowed with a romantic grace, conveying gravity and a sense of melancholy.
Jonathan Frembling, 32
Fort Worth, Texas
Marsden Hartley
Provincetown Abstraction
Frederic Remington
The Cowboy
Frederic Remington
The Old Stage Coach of the Plains
While I love all of the Russells and Remingtons at the Amon Carter, this is the piece that made an indelible mark on my memory as a young child. Somehow, the painting just draws my mind into the moment in a way no other does. I really can’t explain why, but it is the one piece I must glimpse each time I visit the Amon Carter.
Alexa Ewen, 34
Fort Worth, Texas
Frederic Remington
Ridden Down
Two Votes Each
Alexander Calder
Studies for Amon Carter Museum Plaza
Alexander Stirling Calder
An American Stoic
Stuart Davis
Blips and Ifs
Stuart Davis
Chinatown
Charles Demuth
Chimney and Water Tower
William M. Harnett
Ease
This was one of my father’s favorites, probably due to the cigar sitting on the table. He smoked cigars so this panting brings back happy memories.
Nenetta Tatum, 54
Fort Worth, Texas
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
William T. Ranney
Marion Crossing the Pee Dee
Frederic Remington
The Right of the Road
Ben Shahn
World’s Greatest Comics
One Vote Each
Saul Baizerman
Cantata
Paul Bartlett
Bear Cub Grooming
George Caleb Bingham
View of Pike’s Peak
Frederic Edwin Church
New England Landscape
Arthur Dove
The Lobster
John Haberle
Can You Break a Five?
William M. Harnett
Attention Company
Childe Hassam
Flags on the Waldorf
Mary Jane Harbison, 58
Fort Worth, Texas
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
John Frederick Peto
A Closet Door
Alexander Phimister Proctor
Indian Warrior
Unlike the Dallin sculpture one can look at this piece and see immediately the difference. The horse and rider mirror each other in valiance and dignity. Are they en route to or from? No matter, we can see they are ready for whatever may come.
Rick Lawler, 49
Cleburne, Texas
Frederic Remington
Coming Through the Rye
Frederic Remington
The Fall of the Cowboy
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
A Bronc Twister
Charles M. Russell
Counting Coup
Charles M. Russell
In Without Knocking
The look as if they are about to have a good time! The other paintings look as if life is a struggle: perhaps even death is close.
Q.L. Collins, 64
Stephenville, Texas
Charles M. Russell
The Buffalo Hunt, [No.39]
Morton Livingston Schamberg
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