Artists were never far behind the explorers opening up America’s west in the 19th century. Sometimes they painted what they saw, sometimes what they wished they saw. Either way, painters like Alfred Miller, Frederick Church and Albert Bierstadt left a powerful, if romanticised, record of the country and people they found. Their pictures also chart the arrival of the railroad, the confinement of native Americans into reservations, and the extermination of the buffalo. After a period of deep neglect, their works are very much back in vogue. Whatever their artistic merits, they tell a strong, if tragic, story.
An experienced lecturer, Toby Faber began his career with Natural Sciences at Cambridge, followed by investment banking, management consulting and five years as managing director of the publishing company founded by his grandfather, Faber and Faber. Toby is also non-executive Chairman of its sister company, Faber Music.
