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 | Fantasies by Walter Ufer oil on canvas Stark Museum of Art Orange, TX | Ufer, Walter |  Fantasies by Taos artist Walter Ufer was painted at the peak of his popularity. The artist depicted himself in this work, surrounded by Native American artifacts. On careful observation, one sees a ghost-like apparition of a Native American who appears between Ufer and his easel. |
 | Gambling For The Buck by John Mix Stanley 1867 Stark Museum of Art Orange, TX | Stanley, John Mix | This highly detailed representation of a card game, whose winner will take home the dead buck in the foreground, reveals John Mix Stanley's interest in photography. This scene of everyday life is orchestrated to provide variety in costume and an almost archaeological accounting of artifacts. The elevated, stage like platform and the hanging skins... |
 | Return Of The Hunting Party by John Mix Stanley 1855 Stark Museum of Art Orange, TX | Stanley, John Mix | Typically, Stanley portrayed a moment after an event, as is seen in this painting of three Indians who have successfully killed a deer, stopped to rest and are engaged in the rite of smoking Kinnikinnick as a way of giving thanks to the animals they hunt for sustenance. |
 | View In The Sierra Mimbres by John Mix Stanley 1847 Stark Museum of Art Orange, TX | Stanley, John Mix | This mini-exhibit explores landscape imagery resulting from the United States War with Mexico of 1846-1848. Sketches in oil and illustrations in rare books document additions to the United States territory. One surveyor wrote that peculiarities of the arid plains and deserts seem to “fit them for the habits of the camel.” |
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