Table of Contents
FOREWORD: A Voice for Utah’s Canyons and Deserts viii
Do n a l d J . Ha g e r t y
GEOLOGICAL OVERVIEW: The Red Rock of Utah x
L a r r y G. C l a r k s o n
INTRODUCTION: Painters of Utah’s Red Rock, Piñon, and Sage xii
Do n n a L . P o u l t o n
PART 1: Utah’s Red Rock, 1848–1970 1
1 Thomas Moran & the Great Survey Artists, 1848–1903 3
2 William Jackson & the Visiting Artists, 1866–1900 27
3 Alfred Lambourne, Henry Culmer & the Early Utah Artists, 1864–1914 35
4 Northern Utah Artists & the Southern Landscape, 1904–1970 49
5 Southern Utah Artists & Their Painted Environment, 1911–1970 77
6 Maynard Dixon & the Visiting Artists, 1923–1970 101
PART 2: Utah’s Plateau Parks & Monuments, 1900–Present 127
7 Zion National Park, 1900–Present 129
8 Bryce Canyon National Park, 1900–Present 153
9 Backcountry Arches, Bridges & Monuments, 1900–Present 167
10 Capitol Reef & the Grand Staircase–Escalante, 1970–Present 195
PART 3: Utah’s Continuing Allure, 1960–Present 211
11 Contemporary Traditional Paintings, 1960–Present 213
12 Contemporary Modern Images, 1970–Present 241
EPILOGUE: The Aesthetic Imagination & the Legacy of the Plateau 268
Endnotes 270
Bibliography 278
Index 284