Yellowstone Art Museum

On view in the Murdock Gallery until April 2010

Private collector William I. Koch shares 11 choice selections from his private collection with Montana audiences. Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) was one of the French Fauves ("Wild Beasts"), painters whose exuberant works introduced a new freedom in form and color.

Dufy was often inspired by the French Riveria, but this painting is a view of another coastal playground: Deauville on the coast of Normandy. Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874) was one of the earliest artists working in the European tradition to travel to the North American West. He accompanied expedition leader William Drummond Stewart on a journey to the Rocky Mountains in 1837, drawing on this experience for the rest of his life to create works on canvas and paper. Charles Schreyvogel (1861-1912) was one of the most accomplished painters in the tradition established by Frederic Remington. Many of his works are dramatic Western military scenes, like this one from Mr. Koch's collection.