Description
The result of a decade of comprehensive research and on-location painting, this expanded collection of 100 paintings depicts the triumphs and travails of the Corps of Discovery's two-and-a-half-year trek through unknown territory to the Pacific Ocean and back between 1804 and 1806.
Although several members of the Corps of Discovery kept journals, an artist did not accompany the expedition. Unlike almost every expedition since, there had been no one to visually document the unique people, landscapes, animals, and plants never before seen by Americans living in the East.
With artistry and a passion for historical accuracy, Charles Fritz, one of the nation's most respected Western artists, brings the Journals of Lewis and Clark to life, telling this remarkable American story visuallyand for the first time allowing us to experience what the Cor
Author: Charles Fritz
Publisher: Farcountry Press
Published: 06/01/2009
Pages: 135
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.38lbs
Size: 10.28h x 10.62w x 0.67d
ISBN13: 9781560374466
ISBN10: 1560374462
BISAC Categories:
- Art | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions | General
- Photography | Subjects & Themes | General
- History | Expeditions & Discoveries