The Fall of the Cowboy
1895 · Oil on canvas · Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth
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About this work
- Artist
- Frederic Remington (1861–1909)
- Year
- 1895
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 63.5 × 89.2 cm
- Collection
- Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth
- Movement
- Realism
Two cowboys pause at a gate in a barbed-wire fence on a grey winter day, one dismounted to open it. Remington painted it in 1895 to illustrate Owen Wister's essay 'The Evolution of the Cow-Puncher', and the fence stands for the end of the open range. It is in the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A quiet winter western in grey and brown for a study, den or cabin in a dark wood frame. It suits warm grey or white walls.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Realism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1895)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- dramatic, moody
- Rooms
- study or library, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 18×12, 24×16 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or dark wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
