“An Arizona Cowboy”
This pastel on paper drawing, titled “An Arizona Cowboy,” or “Arizona Cow-Boy” is by American artist, Frederic Remington, from 1901. It depicts a cowboy in complete dress (spurs, gun, bandanna, hat, and chaps) on a horse.
Remington made this piece, and seven others for an art book of his work, titled A Bunch of Buckskins, Eight Drawings in Pastel published in New York by R.H. Russell. He also made a sculpture of the same name.
With pieces of art like this, Remington helped reshape the way that the world saw American cowboys. Once seen as rough characters, cowboys became gallant heroes who saved ladies in need and stood up for what they believed. Although highly romanticized, I like that version better.
For more on Frederic Remington, please visit his short biography here.
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