Brinton Museum Announces New Exhibit

On Saturday, October 7, The Brinton Museum at Big Horn, Wyoming, will present highlights and recent acquisitions in Treasures from the Collection opening in the S. K. Johnston, Jr. Family Gallery. Paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, watercolors and sculptures from the Bradford Brinton Memorial Collection, Bradford Brinton Memorial & Museum Collection, The Brinton Museum Collection and loan items from The Brinton Museum Endowment Fund will represent a diversity of artists and artistic styles.

Treasures from the Collection includes nearly 70 works of art representing genres from the 19th century to contemporary artists of today. Bradford Brinton’s interest in art subjects ranged from watercolors by English 19th century painter and engraver of sporting art Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851) to modern lithographs depicting boxers fighting in the ring by American Realist painter George Bellows (1882-1925).

He also collected works on ornithology as evidenced by four original engravings by John James Audubon (1785-1851) on display in the historic ranch house and works by wildlife artist Reginald “Rex” Brasher (1869-1960) who chronicled all 1,200 bird species and subspecies in America in his epic work, Birds and Trees of North America, published in the 1930s.

Recent acquisitions to the collections represent art by internationally and nationally known artists whose works have been acquired through gift donations or museum purchases. Founded in 1960, The Brinton Museum is a fine arts institution devoted to preserving the art and history of the West. Located on the historic Quarter Circle A Ranch in the foothills of the majestic Bighorn Mountains, it features 19th, 20th and 21st century American and Indian Art in a historic Western setting.

The Brinton Museum is a participating member of the North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) Association which offers its members free admission during regular museum hours to other participating NARM institutions.

The exhibit will run from October 7 to December 23, 2023. Free Admission for 2023 is sponsored by Ramaco Carbon, LLC. Museum Winter Hours are Thursday through Monday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

For more information contact Kenneth L. Schuster, Curatorial Director kschuster@thebrintonmuseum.org or Barbara McNab, Curator of Exhibitions bmcnab@thebrintonmuseum.org at 307-763-5924 Brinton Museum telephone and email are: 307-672-3173, www.thebrintonmuseum.org.