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Livestock and Rodeo Rough Stock! Artist Master Kenneth Freeman Desert Caballeros Western Museum Collection Featured Expo West

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Scottsdale, AZ (Vocus) 14 October 2010

Scottsdale, AZ â? Four great masters of the works of Western artist Kenneth M. Freeman (1935-2008) is in the opening exhibition of the collection of Western Livestock, Rodeo, Roughstock, and the Museum of the Desert of to see his Caballeros in Wickenburg West, Arizona. For the artist, Kenneth Freeman, the cowboy hat and boots is not a gimmick or shtick. Neither was his attitude Arizona. Ken Freeman can be raised in a traditional Jewish home in Chicago, Illinois, but not make a mistake? | He was a cowboy. Freeman has spent the last 20 years of his illustrious career in Scottsdale,

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Freeman portrays the theme of the collection of exposure in the west, the remarkable works of art and historical objects presented during the weaving together stories about the rich farming, rodeos, and animals that are part of the Western tradition. The exhibition will be its doors to the public, 23rd Opened in October 2010.

â? Ken was an exceptional artist, â? Bonnie Adams, curator of collections Legacy. â? He has captured the spirit of the person he was painting. He saw his passion and he bought the painting. Ken has always said he painted portraits. Whether cows or cowboys, his subjects have always been a study of the history behind the faces he painted.â ????

â? Kena? s mastersâ old? Technique was very time consuming, but the result is extraordinary. He is the only way to reach, depth of color and layers of warm water contents, pass the test of time. This technique of painting takes hundreds of years, â? Said Edward Holmes, presented by President Western American artists, whose organization Freeman with a Lifetime Achievement Award, the Freeman ‘the Life Time Achievement Award.

â? Ken paints each piece three times. First, he drew on the canvas or board with a pencil and then made a complete value, burnt umber paint, where he details. If the burnt umber was dry, he put the color, â? Adams added. â? That was the style of old masters, and this style were members of the press dub Ken Freeman as Rembrandt from Rodeo.â?

â? Desert Caballeros Western Museum is pleased to announce the exhibition of the collection of the West, a gift? Said James Burns, Executive Director of the Desert Caballeros Western Museum. â? A framework for viewers to questions such as why we collect what we collect and how the stories associated with art and objects relating to explore the West traditions.â? ?


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s Freeman works for the collection of exposure to the West were recently part of the legacy of Kenneth M. Freeman: artists at work, presented this year at the Smithsonian Affiliate Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville, Georgia. The pieces belong to the Museum of the Desert Caballeros Western Tough draw, the winning combination after the walk and drive Daya? S Night. Tough Draw is the lead-based paint for the artist at work and has a rodeo cowboy realize the consequences of his side a tour? |. A hard life

Recent Awards

Kenneth Freeman of Excellence:


Lifetime Achievement Award from the Western American artists (January 2010)
Western Heritage Award from Parada del Sol Rodeo (March 2010)
Cowboy Spirit Award in the National Festival of the West (March 2010)
Special Price of worldâ? Oldest Rodeo S â? Prescott, AZ (July 2010) The Desert Caballeros Western Museum

presented his first collection of the exposure of a Western theme that changes each year here and features highlights from private and public collections throughout the Southwest. Collecting the West: Livestock, Rodeo, Roughstock works by some of the biggest names in Western art, including Frederic Remington, Kenneth M. Freeman, JW Hampton, Will James, George Phippen Ed Mell, Bill Owens, Billy Schenck, Gary Smith and Ernest John Coleman. Also included in the show are photographs of Earle Forrest, Scott Baxter, Mark Gilliland and Jodie Sinclair.

collection of Western Livestock, Rodeo, Roughstock is seen to 6 February 2011 in the Museum of the Desert Caballeros Western in Wickenburg, AZ.


About Kenneth M. Freeman


works by Kenneth Freeman in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian, Library of Congress, American Academy of Arts and Booth Museum and prominent private collections. to win awards include contests in the Art Museum of San Diego, the Hubbard Museum of Art, Illinois State Fair, the Salmagundi exhibition in New York, the Union League Club of Chicago, the five plays chosen artists for the Parada del Sol Rodeo Scottsdale, AZ, and have a painting selected for the Prescott Rodeo 1988 Centennial. He was an illustrator for writers like Louis from Los Angeles? Love.

Ken was affectionately known as “Rembrandt the Rodeo” by members of the press. First Lady Barbara Bush, impressed by Ken Freeman? art of the Southwest, he was invited to the visit the Smithsonian Institute in collaboration with the museum Extravaganza. Ken also had a One-man show in 2007 in Milan, Italy Fondazione Kingdom. www.KennethMFreeman.com

About the Museum

The Desert Caballeros Western Museum is a museum by the American Association of Museums accredited and is known as Arizona? the westernmost of the museum. With more than 55,000 visitors a year, the museum preserves and exhibits art and history of the Southwest and the border of the desert, and it is known for its exhibitions and innovative programs known. Each spring the museum hosts the internationally acclaimed Cowgirl Up! Art of the other half of the exhibition and sale of the West. The museum presents an extraordinary collection of Western art, Indian art and the Hays? Spirit of the Cowboy Collection, one of the most comprehensive collections of Western artifacts, memorabilia and bridle on display in the country. The museum? S entire lower level is devoted to a re-creation of life in late territorial Wickenburg, including a fascinating permanent exhibition designed for children called out to the ranch. For more information, call 928-684-2272 or visit www.westernmuseum.org.


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