Awesome collection, well displayed
American Museum of Western Art的点评
点评:I believe this is the best single-owner collection turned museum I've ever seen. Worried that it might be only "cowboy art" but it was an amazing group of pictures including multiple by Bierstadt (personal favorite), Hill, Moran, and others of that era. A good balance of landscape, Native American, and Settler subjects. Many pictures of very high quality - some of the best of the artists (for the ones I knew well enough to have an opinion). I enjoyed the salon style presentation of most of the collection - and the ability to see the paintings up close. The room settings at the front of each of the three floors were also nicely done with (surprisingly for many small museums) good furniture and such that complemented the pictures.
It is reasonable to go through the place in about 2 hours. If I were closer, I'd go back and revisit.
翻译:我相信这是我见过的最好的由单一所有者收藏改建而成的博物馆。我曾担心它可能只是“牛仔艺术”,但这组画作令人惊叹,其中包括比尔施塔特(我个人最喜欢的)、希尔、莫兰以及其他那个时代艺术家的多幅作品。风景、印第安人和定居者题材的作品均衡。许多画作质量极高——其中一些是艺术家中的佼佼者(就我所熟悉的艺术家而言,我对此有所了解)。我喜欢大部分藏品的沙龙式展示方式,以及近距离欣赏绘画的机会。三层楼前部的房间布置也非常精美,配有(对于许多小型博物馆来说,这令人惊讶)精美的家具等,与画作相得益彰。
大约2小时就能逛完这个地方,还算合理。如果我离得更近一些,我会再去一次。