Howard Post: Western Perspectives

Featuring four decades of Howard Post's iconic paintings of the American West, this large format hardcover book delves into his life's work and journey from youthful desire to ultimately finding his own voice by returning to his roots and painting what he knows. A fine essay by Jerry Smith chronicles Post's work and offers succinct observations on the elements that have made him one of the West's truly unique modern masters.

Jerry N. Smith, PhD, is curator of American and Western American art at Phoenix Art Museum, where he has introduced numerous works into the collection and overseen several exhibitions, including A Century of Retablos and Gustave Baumann: Artisan Printmaker of the Southwest. He was a contributing organizer and catalogue essayist for In Contemporary Rhythm: The Art of Ernest L. Blumenshein and Cézanne and American Modernism, writing on the influences of European modernism on artists working in the American West in the early twentieth century. In 2011, he organized The West Select, an annual exhibition and museum fundraiser of contemporary western art.