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About the Phoenix Art MuseumPhoenix Art Museum's Collection includes 17,000 works of art that span the centuries and the globe. The completion of its stunning $50 million expansion in 2006, makes this destination a "must see." The Western American CollectionThe Phoenix Art Museum houses one of the most extensive collections of its kind in the country. Comprised of nearly 900 paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints, the focus of the collection is on the unique landscapes and rich history of the American West. Highlights include Eanger Irving Couse's The Captive and paintings from the earliest explorations of Arizona such as John Mix Stanley's Chain of Spires Along the Gila River, dated 1885, and Henry Cheever Pratt's Basin of the Rio Gila, Arizona, dated 1855. The Western collection also features artworks by Frederic Remington and Charles Russell, each inspired by the unique character of the region. During recent years many artists of the West have maintained the pictorial goals of Remington and Russell. Such painters as Howard Terpning, Robert Lougheed and Fritz White are among the many members of the Cowboy Artists of America represented in the Museum's collection. Other significant artists include Albert Bierstadt, Maynard Dixon, Thomas Moran, Maxfield Parrish, Edward Potthast, and Joseph Henry Sharp. In addition, there are many works by Taos artists, including Ernest Martin Hennings' Taos Indian Chanters with Drum and Walter Ufer's The Garden Makers.
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