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1. Grand Rodeo
Grand Rodeo
Description
Two men in hats flank the frame of this woodcut piece that presents a scene from a rodeo. A bullrider occupies the central focal point while other performers and revelers pepper the background. The audience is kept at bay by a band of black, and a rooster and a dog prowl the foreground. This is one of two views of this artwork. Variations between duplicate images relate directly to original source materials., Woodcut; 1978, Manuel Izquierdo was born in Madrid, Spain, and fled to the United States settling in Portland, Oregon in 1943. While he was in high school Manuel was encouraged to pursue wood-cuts by Lloyd Reynolds, the well-known calligrapher. In 1951 Manuel graduated from the Pacific Northwest College of Art and soon after became a professor there. Manuel Izquierdo received the Oregon Governor's Award in 1991 and has exhibited work both in the Northwest and nationally, including a ten-year retrospective at the Portland Art Museum in 1967. Having completed many commissions his sculpture can be seen in a variety of Portland public spaces such as Pettygrove Square. His work is in collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Philadelphia Museum in Pennsylvania, the Seattle Art Museum, and the Portland Art Museum., http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/izquierdo.html, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
2. Grand Rodeo
Grand Rodeo
Description
Two men in hats flank the frame of this woodcut piece that presents a scene from a rodeo. A bullrider occupies the central focal point while other performers and revelers pepper the background. The audience is kept at bay by a band of black, and a rooster and a dog prowl the foreground. This is one of two views of this artwork. Variations between duplicate images relate directly to original source materials., Woodcut; 1978, Manuel Izquierdo was born in Madrid, Spain, and fled to the United States settling in Portland, Oregon in 1943. While he was in high school Manuel was encouraged to pursue wood-cuts by Lloyd Reynolds, the well-known calligrapher. In 1951 Manuel graduated from the Pacific Northwest College of Art and soon after became a professor there. Manuel Izquierdo received the Oregon Governor's Award in 1991 and has exhibited work both in the Northwest and nationally, including a ten-year retrospective at the Portland Art Museum in 1967. Having completed many commissions his sculpture can be seen in a variety of Portland public spaces such as Pettygrove Square. His work is in collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Philadelphia Museum in Pennsylvania, the Seattle Art Museum, and the Portland Art Museum., http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/izquierdo.html, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
3. Buckaroo
Buckaroo
Description
A black-and-white portrait of a man wearing a cowboy hat; a long-sleeved, collared shirt; neatly pressed denim; and cowboy boots sitting on a stump next to two racks of horseshoes., The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
4. Bullriders, Redmond, Ore.
Bullriders, Redmond, Ore.
Description
A black-and-white photograph depicting a man riding a bull while a group of other men stand and lean against a fence watching the action., Bull Riders; Redmond OR, http://www.bkpix.com/writing/bauguess.php, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
5. Horseman
Horseman
Description
A cowboy dressed in pink with a tan hat rides a brown horse with a black tail and mane across a watercolor wash of gray and brown., (1970) Phil Tyler was born in Alabama. Eventually he moved west and settled on a small ranch at the base of Mt. Hood. A painter of the cowboy life, his subjects come from personal experience with that life. HORSEMAN focuses on a lone horsemen cantering across a pale green, light-washed space. The background is simply a wash of color which modulates from soft green to soft brown. The horse and rider are carefully and lovingly delineated from curb bit, to girth, to chaps. The acquisition of this work was made possible by Oregon's Percent for Art in Public Places program which is administered by the Oregon Arts Commission., The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
6. They Came to Rope
They Came to Rope
Description
This painting depicts a man and a woman riding Western saddled horses and team-roping a pig., Davies Kerns; 10/96; They come to rope; 26 1/2x32, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Arts Council of Southern Oregon. You may view their website at http://www.artscouncilso.org/
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