Wild West

Emil Armin, Wild West, 1929, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Hilda D. Armin, 1973.141.2
Emil Armin, Wild West, 1929, oil on canvas, 18 1⁄8 x 21 in. (46.1 x 53.3 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Hilda D. Armin, 1973.141.2

Artwork Details

Title
Wild West
Artist
Date
1929
Location
Dimensions
18 1⁄8 x 21 in. (46.1 x 53.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Hilda D. Armin
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Western
  • Figure group — male
  • Animal — horse
  • Architecture Exterior
Object Number
1973.141.2
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1973.141.2

Artwork Description

Santa Fe was a pilgrimage spot for many Chicago artists in the 1920s, and Emil Armin made his first trip there in 1928. He was so taken with the vibrant landscape and exotic culture that he made twenty paintings during his first two-month stay. Armin painted Wild West on his second visit during the summer of 1929, imitating the furious brushwork of European expressionist painters. Armin’s colors and shapes might look improbable, but his canvas captures the black shadows and electric energy of a sudden storm in the Sangre de Cristos.

Works by this artist (2 items)

Luise Kaish, Study for "All religions must be tolerated, and the sole concern of the authorities should be to see that one does not molest another, for here every man must be saved in his own way."--Frederick the Great on Tolerance. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., before 1961, pen and ink and charcoal on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.134
Study for ​“All religions must be tolerated, and the sole…
Artist
Datebefore 1961
pen and ink and charcoal on paper mounted on paperboard
Not on view
Luise Kaish, "All religions must be tolerated, and the sole concern of authorities should be to see that one does not molest another, for here every man must be saved in his own way."--Frederick the Great, Cabinet Order, June 22, 1740. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1961, bronze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.133
“All religions must be tolerated, and the sole concern of…
Artist
Date1961
bronze
Not on view

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