Masters of Western Art

Western historical art has two great masters to whom all later artists are compared: Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell. The peers have their champions and their detractors, but whether you favor the “Montana Cowboy” over the “New York Dude,”  or vice versa, the fact is these two American artists stand at the foundation of 135 years of Western American art. Interestingly, both Remington and Russell were from the East, but Russell left New Jersey at age 16 in 1880 never to