Saloons, Poker, Girls and Whiskey
In this course we are going to travel through the Old American West. We are going to step inside the most famous saloons of the Old West and have a drink, listen to captivating stories and adventures, enjoy some music, dance, play poker and enjoy the company of beautiful girls. With original photography of Old West Saloons by your professor brought to life by some of the greatest masters of Western Art. Art of the American West. A Western saloon is a kind of bar particular to the Old West. Saloons served customers such as fur trappers, cowboys, soldiers, lumberjacks, businessmen, lawmen, miners and gamblers. The first saloon was established at Brown's Hole, Wyoming, in 1822, to serve fur trappers.
Saloons, Poker, Girls and Whiskey
Lecture Featured Artists
1. Introduction. Gabe Leonard, Lee Dubin
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2. The First Saloons, Whiskey and Faro Tent Saloon, Poway, California
3. The Rivers Saloon, Cody, Wyoming. Tom Ryan, Andy Thomas
4. Poker. Andy Thomas, John Solie, Aleksey Moroz
5. Brawls and Shootouts. Andy Thomas, Anton Otto Fischer, Caleb Kuhl, Newell Convers Wyeth
6. Silver Saddle Saloon. Irma Hotel, Cody, Wyoming. Andy Thomas
7. Girls at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar. Ray McCarthy
8. Historic Saloons of the Old West. Photographs
9. The Long Branch Saloon. Matt, Kitty, Doc, Festus and Chester
Students who take this course will share in the life of these people who lived in the Old West and the master artists who tell their story in paint.
Increased appreciation of Art
Increased knowledge of the history of America
Education: BFA, MFA, PhD in Educational Planning, MA Intercultural Studies, MS Architecture.3 time Senior Fulbright Scholar, experienced University professor and practicing artist since childhood. I teach both art and architectural lecture courses and studios as I wish they would have been taught to me. Much of the graphic material in my lectures is taken or generated first hand directly by...
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Nancy P.
An interesting idea for a course. It has a mix of real life location photographs and western art mixed together around the theme of saloons. There was no real commentary on western art itself, that is not the point of the course.