Wild Spaces, Open Seasons: Hunting and Fishing in American Art (Volume 27) (The Charles M. Russell Center Series on Art and Photography of the American West)

Wild Spaces, Open Seasons is a comprehensive exploration of hunting and fishing in American art from the early 19th century to World War II.

This book delves into the themes of these activities and how they reflect American ambitions and priorities through a collection of remarkable paintings and sculptures.

The authors demonstrate how representations of hunters and fishers spoke to traditional myths, connecting America's past to its future.

With a focus on major artists such as society painters, naturalists, and modernists, this book provides an in-depth examination of the ways in which American art connected a dynamic and developing nation to its past and its future.