On the Bighorn
circa 1892
Frederic Remington captures the gritty reality of the American frontier in this dynamic 1892 scene, showing U.S. Cavalry soldiers and their mules taking a breather near a stagecoach. Notice the casual slouch of the men and the weary stance of the animals; Remington was a master at showing the unglamorous, everyday moments of westward expansion rather than just heroic gunfights. As a leading figure of Western realism, he practically invented the visual language of the Wild West that we still see in movies today, turning rough-and-tumble military life into high art.
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