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Exhibition on Display: Jan. 27–April 5, 2026Gallery HoursTues.–Fri. 9 a.m.–8 p.m.; Sat.–Sun. Noon–6 p.m; Closed Mon. Sharp had to overcome many hurdles in his life, as the son of a small-town grocer and handicapped with deafness after a childhood accident, his future was limited. Despite all odds, Sharp became a successful artist and a professor at a prestigious art academy. He found himself drawn again and again to the image of the Native American Indian. A pivotal career choice would change the course of his life and that of other artists throughout America. Discover the man who shifted the narrative of the Wild West away from the cowboy and towards the life and plight of the Indian…

Exhibition on Display: Jan. 27–April 5, 2026Gallery HoursTues.–Fri. 9 a.m.–8 p.m.; Sat.–Sun. Noon–6 p.m; Closed Mon. Rejecting what traditional art institutions considered appropriate, these artists embraced a loose painterly style to portray factories and immigrants, congested urban streets and bawdy entertainments. Some praised the artists as "creating a national art" while others dismissed them as painters of rubbish or "ashcans." The Eight included five realists: Everett Shinn, Robert Henri, John Sloan, William Glackens, and George Luks, and three other artists: Arthur B. Davies, Ernest Lawson, and Maurice Prendergast, who painted in a less realistic, more impressionistic style.