A harsh critique spurred Walter Piehl to start painting rodeos

Sometimes a harsh critique can steer a life’s work in an entirely new direction. When a professor told a young Walter Piehl his landscapes were “lame and insipid,” the Minot artist turned his brush toward what he knew best — the rodeo. Sixty years later, Piehl’s vibrant, motion-filled paintings of cowboys and broncs have become synonymous with North Dakota art. His retrospective at The Rourke in Moorhead celebrates that journey — from humble beginnings to a vivid chronicle of the modern American West. If you’re in the Fargo area sometime soon, check the article from John Lam and Inforum to get details on when to stop in.

John Lamb

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