There remains a strong tradition of landscape painting in the US. It is
taught in most art schools bu dedicated pracitioners. American Impressionism
has survived the entire 20th C. Excellent painters are to be found, and
museums in many cities know who they are, give them shows, and award purchase
prizes in regional art competitions. So yes, many museums are purchasing
contemporary landscapes. The question is whether the leading major
institutions are doing the same. I suspect they feel that if they wait long
enough, they will acquire what they need, freeing up their acquisition funds
for work by dead artists who are no longer producing. I don't believe anyone
is laughing at any museums. How they feel about Jesse Helms and
Rudy-two-shoes Giuliani is another question.

David Formanek

USS Constitution Museum
Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum
www.Dallin.org

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