Title:

The Bozeman Trail

Artist:

Irvin W. “Shorty” Shope (1900–1977)

Shorty Shope was a native of Boulder and long-term resident of Helena, Montana, and prolific painter of Western subjects. At the time he completed these murals he was employed as a commercial artist for the State Advertising Department.

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Date:

1937

Dimensions:

66” x 78”

Location:

Scott-Hart (Livestock) Building, southeast entrance

MHS Number:

X1937.07.01