The Frontier in Paris: Artists from the American West in the French Capital, 1890–1900

From 1890 to 1900 several artists traveled from the American West to Paris to advance their studies. Coming from the “wild West,” the French capital represented for them the most sophisticated city on earth. Interestingly, they found Paris to be a place of danger and adventure, a frontier of its own...

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Main Author: James R. Swensen
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Language:English
Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2019-05-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/10747
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description From 1890 to 1900 several artists traveled from the American West to Paris to advance their studies. Coming from the “wild West,” the French capital represented for them the most sophisticated city on earth. Interestingly, they found Paris to be a place of danger and adventure, a frontier of its own right. They also discovered that their European peers longed for images of a frontier West that included Native Americans, cowboys, and wild animals. Through their experiences in this new and exotic land, artists from Robert Henri to Cyrus Dallin learned that the frontier was more of a state of mind than an actual place.
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spelling doaj-art-59cce5ee775d4b459b05e85d4517e4662025-01-30T10:43:41ZengAssociation Française d'Etudes AméricainesTransatlantica1765-27662019-05-01210.4000/transatlantica.10747The Frontier in Paris: Artists from the American West in the French Capital, 1890–1900James R. SwensenFrom 1890 to 1900 several artists traveled from the American West to Paris to advance their studies. Coming from the “wild West,” the French capital represented for them the most sophisticated city on earth. Interestingly, they found Paris to be a place of danger and adventure, a frontier of its own right. They also discovered that their European peers longed for images of a frontier West that included Native Americans, cowboys, and wild animals. Through their experiences in this new and exotic land, artists from Robert Henri to Cyrus Dallin learned that the frontier was more of a state of mind than an actual place.https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/10747ParisAmerican Westthe frontierCowboysNative Americans/American IndiansSolon Borglum
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The Frontier in Paris: Artists from the American West in the French Capital, 1890–1900
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American West
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Cowboys
Native Americans/American Indians
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title The Frontier in Paris: Artists from the American West in the French Capital, 1890–1900
title_full The Frontier in Paris: Artists from the American West in the French Capital, 1890–1900
title_fullStr The Frontier in Paris: Artists from the American West in the French Capital, 1890–1900
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title_short The Frontier in Paris: Artists from the American West in the French Capital, 1890–1900
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American West
the frontier
Cowboys
Native Americans/American Indians
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