"Western art," to many people, recalls Frederic Remington's and Charles M. Russell's evocative (indeed mythmaking) scenes of cowboys and American Indians. Shift the focus to women artists, and perhaps only Georgia O'Keeffe comes into view, with her luminous New Mexico landscapes. But these popular portrayers are only a few of the many artists who have created lasting images of the West. This encyclopedia is a biographical dictionary of some 1,000 women artists of the American West. The product of a twenty-year, coast-to-coast research project by authors Phil Kovinick and Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick, it offers accurate, concise introductions to women painters, graphic artists, and sculptors, all of whom achieved recognition as depictors of Western subjects between the 1840s and 1980. Their styles range from representationalism to early modernism, while their works depict everything from bold landscapes and scenes of intensive action to studies of Native Americans, pioneers, ranchers, farmers, wildlife, and flora. Each entry in the encyclopedia features the salient facts of the artist's life and career, with attention to her work with Western subject matter. Many of the entries also contain a selected list of the artist's exhibitions, current locations of her work in public collections, pertinent references, and a black-and-white example of her work. An overview of the history of women in western art complements the biographical entries.

An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West (American Studies Series)

Kovinick, Phil

Yoshiki-Kovinick, Marian

Arts & Photography

University of Texas Press

John Frost : A Quiet Mastery

The impressionist landscape painter John Frost (1890-1937) was born into a family of artists, headed by his father, Arthur B. Frost, Sr., one of America's premier illustrators. After moving with his family to Paris and, later, Giverny to study painting, Frost contracted tuberculosis and spent several years recuperating in a sanatorium. In 1916, he traveled to the West, seeking adventure and a respite from his longtime battle with illness. While applying his classical art training to the dramatic vistas of California's and Arizona's deserts, he discerned how to capture their elusive colors and desolate splendor.John Frost: A Quiet Mastery, Phil Kovinick's definitive study of the artist, is the result of more than a decade of rigorous research. The volume's beautifully reproduced paintings reveal a master of California Impressionism who garnered attention for his evocative, poetic landscapes of the Golden State. Phil Kovinick is an independent writer, researcher, lecturer, and consultant. He is the co-author, with Marion Yoshiki-Kovinick, of An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the America West, which received the 1998 Western Heritage Award for Outstanding Art Book. With Janet Blake, he is the co-author of The Art and Life of Edwin Roscoe Shrader. He also co-curated the exhibitions The Woman Artist in the American West, 1860-1960; Canyons, Arroyos, and Oases: Desert Landscapes in Southern California, 1900-1985; and Researching the Summit: Mountain Landscapes in Southern California, 1900-1986.The book features a forward by James Irvine Swinden, and an essay by Jean Stern. It is 240 pages, and features 300 color illustrations.

John, Frost

Museum

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