The Fall of the Cowboy
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The Fall of the Cowboy is a late-19th-century painting by American artist Frederic Remington that poignantly depicts the decline of the Old West and the fading era of the cowboy.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
key work in Remington’s exploration of twilight of the West
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symbolic representation of the end of the cowboy era ⓘ |
| artisticTheme |
change and modernization
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melancholy ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ |
| colorPalette | muted tones ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Frederic Remington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | American ⓘ |
| creatorOccupation |
illustrator
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painter ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| depicts |
decline of the Old West
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fading era of the cowboy ⓘ transition from open range ranching to fenced land ⓘ |
| depictsRegion |
American frontier
NERFINISHED
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Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsTimeOfDay | dusk ⓘ |
| depictsTimeOfYear | winter ⓘ |
| genre |
Western art
NERFINISHED
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history painting ⓘ |
| hasPart |
barbed wire fence
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cattle ⓘ gate ⓘ mounted cowboy ⓘ winter landscape ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| inception | late 19th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy | closing of the American frontier ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American West
NERFINISHED
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cowboys ⓘ |
| movement |
American Realism
NERFINISHED
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Western realism ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
end of the open range
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loss of frontier freedom ⓘ transition to modern West ⓘ |
| partOf | Remington’s late career works ⓘ |
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