Blumenschein: A Painter Between Worlds March 24, 2009

Ernest Blumenschein's many talents - for music, athletics, illustration and painting - might have resulted in mediocrity in an artist less committed to creative excellence. Yet his curiosity, European training, willingness to innovate, and especially his long engagement with the American Southwest all found their way into his distinguished body of work. Sharyn Udall, art historian and independent curator, challenges viewers of In Contemporary Rhythm to rethink long-held opinions of this major American artist.