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August 07, 2026
Mid-Morning Art Thread
Untitled (Cowboy On Horseback)
Elling William Gollings
Who becomes famous and who toils in obscurity -- and why -- is the question that most artists must ask themselves.
I had never heard of William Gollings until I had the opportunity to visit a lovely museum in Big Horn Wyoming (near Sheridan) called The Brinton Museum. And by "lovely," I don't mean just the collection. It is architecturally beautiful, and the setting is difficult to beat, with the Big Horn Mountains in the near distance.
There are several Western artists who are far more famous: Russell and Remington and Bierstadt come to mind, but even relatively obscure artists such as Gollings have gems scattered in their work that are rarely seen, and wonderful when discovered!