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Bierstadt

The Buffalo Bill Center of the West (Cody, Wyo.) and the Gilcrease Museum (Tulsa, Okla.) have teamed up to present the exhibition “Albert Bierstadt: Witness to a Changing West,” which examines how the celebrated Western landscape artist rendered not just his majestic mountains and lakes, but also American Indians and bison. Pictured is his circa 1867 oil. The exhibition runs at the Gilcrease Museum . Call 888-655-2278 or visit .

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