American Art III: The Westward Movement from the Saint Louis Art Museum

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Follows the artist-explorers who ventured westward in the 1840s who sought to preserve their observations and experiences in sketchbooks and canvases. Includes works of art by John Kensett, Karl Bodmer, Albert Bierstadt, Seth Eastman, George Catlin, John J. Audubon, George Caleb Bingham, and Frederic Remington.