Yesterday “The Modern West: American Landscapes, 1890-1950” opened at the Los Angeles County Musuem of Art. This is the first exhibition to explore in depth the development of modernism in the American West. Although this movement has traditionally been associated with the East Coast, pioneering artists such as Ansel Adams and Georgia O’Keeffe produced art of a uniquely American character that reflected the rugged land around them.

Yale University Press has published a catalog for the exhibition written by Emily Ballew Neff, curator of American Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The exhibit will be on display at LACMA until June 3.