George Carlson

“A stunning new book celebrates the life and work of artist George Carlson. Renowned sculptor and painter George Carlson—the only two-time winner of the prestigious Prix de West, the highest honor in the western art world—is the subject of a new coffee-table… [This is] the first comprehensive book on Carlson’s work.”—SOUTHWEST ART

“Things we love. We think you’ll be thrilled to discover George Carlson’s new book. A favorite artist to many, his work has been likened to French and American Impressionists who turned to nature’s beauty for relief in an industrialized world. A frequent award winner at the famed Prix de West exhibition at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Carlson has won many other distinguished awards in both sculpture and landscape painting. George Carlson: The American West is written by the artist, with an essay contributed by journalist and author Todd Wilkinson. Carlson is an American treasure, and this book demonstrates how he’s making an impactful contribution to the canon of art history. For collectors of Western art and American landscape painting, this comprehensive volume is an incomparable addition to one’s library.” —WESTERN ART & ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE

“Divine Diversions: rounding up our favorite Western books. There’s power in the paintings of the phenomenal Carlson, who is widely regarded as one of the world’s greatest representational nature artists and considered by some to be as important as greats like Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran for his paintings of the modern American West.” —COWBOYS & INDIANS