Object Record
Images
Metadata
Artist |
Bates, Dan |
Title |
PISTOL CHARGE |
Date |
1981 |
Medium |
bronze, 4/10 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Tucson Artist |
Object ID |
1981.14.1 |
Collection |
Art of the American West |
Object Name |
Sculpture |
Credit line |
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Bates |
Didactic Information |
Artist of the Year in 1994, Dan Bates, a third generation Tucsonan, passion for the American West developed in his childhood when he spent a significant amount of time at his grandparents ranch in the Chiricahua Mountains in Southeastern Arizona. A traditional sculptor, Bates uses the 'lost wax' method to create bronzes. His sculptures capture the historical significance of early frontier days. Themes focus on the southwest, the United States Frontier Cavalry, American cowboy and desert wildlife. Dan is an accomplished equestrian and a founding member of the "State of Arizona 1st Company Governor's Horse Guards," a mounted cavalry regiment. He sculpts as often as possible at his Tucson studios as well as at the Cobra Ranch in Aravaipa Canyon, Arizona, where he raises championship Texas Longhorn Cattle Pistol Charge was inspired by an incident the artist witnessed while riding with the 5th Memorial Unit at an Apache War re-enactment at Fort Huachuca. As two cavalrymen draw their pistols, one horse has lost his footing and is tumbling to the ground. |