Temecula Valley Museum Opens Frontier Sketching Exhibition: Works from an 1873 Harper's Journey on Display Through November 30
TEMECULA, California — In Temecula, in Riverside County, California, the city-run Temecula Valley Museum is showing a temporary exhibition, 'A Great Frontier Odyssey: Sketching the American West,' on display through November 30. The museum, at 28314 Mercedes Street, is open Wednesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The exhibition showcases intricate illustrations and excerpts from the 1873 overland journey of artists Jules Tavernier and Paul Frenzeny through the American West. Tasked by Harper's publishing firm in New York, the two artists traveled to the newly opened western territory to provide updates and images of the frontier to the American public: Tavernier created each engraving's watercolor painting before handing it off to Frenzeny, who added newsworthy details and drew the scene in pencil on wood blocks. The city featured the exhibition in its community newsletter. (GSM, based on the City of Temecula newsletter)
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