The Fleischer Exhibitions
The Gilcrease Comes To Scottsdale

The Thomas Gilcrease Museum of American History and Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, is an American treasure undiscovered by many. The Gilcrease Museum includes some of America's most important paintings, sculptures, artifacts, rare books and documents. Begun in the 1930's, the Gilcrease collection consists of more than 10,000 art works, 250,000 Indian artifacts and 100,000 books, manuscripts and rare documents. Thomas Gilcrease was a visionary American who understood the important artistic heritage of his native land. His collection tells the story of man on the North American continent. The Gilcrease Museum emphasizes historic artifacts of Indian cultures, paintings and documents from the founding of the United States and Mexico; visual art of the frontier; the splendor of the western land; the heyday of the cowboy and the twentieth century art of New Mexico.

	Thomas Moran, Oil on canvas, 23 1/8 x 36 3/8.(Detail) Acoma. 1904.	Moran's paintings of the American West are not documentary, and while they are realistic in execution he considered them to be idealization. It was not his purpose to record faithfully the scene before him - the camera, for a number of years in widespread use, could do that very well. Instead, Moran desired to produce awe-inspiring scenes of great beauty, capitalizing on the interest of Americans at that time in Far Western scenes.
	Sharp was one of the most complex realists of the twentieth century in America. He was well grounded in the traditions and the craft of painting, studying first in art schools in America and later spending several years in Paris at the Academie Julien.	Joseph Sharp, Oil on canvas 20 1/4 X 30 3/8".(Detail). Crow Teepees at Night.
	Charles Russell. Oil on canvas, 24 x 35 1/2". (Detail). Carson's Men. 1913.	He was born to a prosperous St. Louis family, against whose wishes he headed west to Montana at the age of 16 to become a cowboy. Eventually, the dream came true. Russell worked for many years as a cowboy, more specifically as a night wrangler, whose job it was to watch the horse herds at night. During those years he sketched his surroundings, a habit he had had since childhood.
	Remington boasted that he was not part of a school or movement, but it must be acknowledged that the intelligent artist, as he was, did not live in a vacuum. He was influenced by the trends and traditions he encountered, such as French Impressionism. What set him apart from the movement was the way in which he used its lessons.	Frederic Remington. Oil on canvas, 29 1/2 x 50". (Detail). Indian Warfare.