A Place in the Sun

The Southwest Paintings of Walter Ufer & E. Martin Hennings

E. Martin Hennings, A Friendly Encounter, c. 1922. Oil on canvas. 45 x 50 inches.

Denver Art Museum; The Roath Collection by exchange; William Sr and Dorothy Harmsen Collection by exchange; funds from Henry Roath, Lanny and Sharon Martin, 2013 Collectors' Choice, and The Second Decade Fund, 2014.28.

Walter Ufer, Going East, 1917. Oil on canvas; 51 x 51 in. The Eugene B. Adkins Collection at Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.

E. Martin Hennings, Through the Greasewood, about 1922. Oil on canvas, 45 × 43 in. Collection of Richard and Nedra Matteucci.

Walter Ufer, Me and Him, 1918. Oil on canvas, 40 × 36 in. Private collection.

A Place in the Sun: The Southwest Paintings of Walter Ufer & E. Martin Hennings is organized by the Petrie Institute of Western American Art, Denver Art Museum. It is presented with generous support from James J. Volker Family Trust, Mary and Gary Buntmann, Carolyn and Robert Barnett, the donors to the Petrie Institute of Western American Art endowment, the donors to the Annual Fund Leadership Campaign, and the citizens who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD). Promotional support is provided by 5280 Magazine, CBS4, Comcast Spotlight, and The Denver Post.