Framed The Fall of the Cowboy by Frederic Remington

Product Overview:

• Proudly handmade in the USA
• Wood frame with mat, glass front, paper duster backing with wire hanger
• Museum quality Giclee digital print using archival paper and inks (not printed on parchment like many of our offerings)
• Standard size frame measures approx. 24" wide x 17" tall
• Poster size frame measures approx. 36" wide x 26.5" tall

Product Details:

The Fall of the Cowboy (1895) by Frederic Remington is a poignant and reflective painting that marks the fading of the Old West and the decline of the cowboy’s free-ranging lifestyle. In the foreground, two cowboys struggle to open a gate in a barbed-wire fence—an emblem of encroaching civilization and the end of open range ranching. Their weary horses and slumped postures suggest exhaustion, and the muted winter landscape, with its snow-covered ground and barren trees, adds to the somber mood. Unlike Remington’s usual action scenes, this work is quiet and contemplative, capturing a moment of transition. It reflects Remington’s awareness that the untamed frontier was vanishing, and with it, the iconic figure of the independent cowboy.