John & Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art
Reno, Nevada
The Lilley Museum of Art is located on the main campus of the University of Nevada, Reno.
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Mostly self-taught, Blake studied the works of Charles M. Russell and Maynard Dixon. He is know for vintage travel poster influenced works, a life-size bronze of Charles M. Russell in downtown Great Falls, Montana, and heroic size bronze of Kit Carson in front of the capital in Carson City, Nevada. In 1993 Blake had a retrospective at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center.
![Untitled [Montana] by James C. Blake, Image 1.](https://assets.artworkarchive.com/image/upload/t_jpg_medium_width/v1/user_43577/2022.6.18_mwuwqc.jpg)