Two disparate worlds met in the life of Alexander Phimister
Proctor: the art world centered in the eastern United States and
the world of the western frontier. Proctor was a remarkable
amalgam: a big-game hunter and intrepid explorer who felt at home
in Paris or New York, and an academically trained artist who
painted and sculpted the characters and wild creatures of the West.
This new edition of Proctor's autobiography provides a thorough
introduction to a distinctively American artist whose monumental
sculptures and statues adorn parks, public buildings, and museums,
as well as private homes and businesses across the country. The
text, begun in the late 1930s, when Proctor was in his seventies,
takes the reader on a far-flung journey from his birth in Ontario
and childhood in Denver to his travels as a young man throughout
the United States and eventually to Paris.
A new selection of more than 125 illustrations--many in full
color--includes historical photographs and reproductions of
Proctor's sketches, paintings, and sculptures, tracing the
development of his magnificent artistry. Here are the trembling
fawns, slinking mountain lions, stalwart warriors, and rearing
mustangs that made him famous. Art historian Katharine C. Ebner has
annotated the autobiography and restored previously unpublished
portions of the original manuscript.
"What is beauty?" Proctor asks at the beginning of his
narrative. It was a question that resonated throughout his life.
Through the words and the work of this remarkable artist, we come
to understand his answer.
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