How Tom Gilleon Turned a Genre of Nostalgia Into One of Invention
Now in his mid-80s and still painting daily from his Montana ranch, he has spent decades stripping Western art down to color, form and light.
Western Art
New Collectors Seeking Old Stories About America Are Reshaping the Market for Western Art
"For a lot of collectors, especially with the 250th anniversary of American independence, this is their vision of American history, of what American life was like," Stefany Morris, senior vice president and head of American art at Sotheby's, tells Observer.
Billionaire Bill Koch’s Western Art Collection Gallops Past Estimates at Christie’s
A trio of Frederic Remington masterworks led the sale: ‘Coming to the Call,’ which set a world record at $13,285,000; ‘An Argument with the Town Marshall,’ which sold for $11,847,500; and a bronze, ‘Coming Through the Rye,’ which more than doubled its low estimate to realize $9,950,000.
