Salvete Omnes,
a little Wild West frontier art done by a real pioneer
and soldier.
mural art from the Montana Capitol |
Lewis and Clark |
Death of John Bozeman of the Bozeman Trail |
Native of New York, American painter Samuel Edgar Paxson (1852-1919) was a Montana pioneer, adventurer, settler, and US soldier during the brutal US war in the Philippines, was a survivor and injured in process of the Army naval transport ship wrecking outside Japan - here his short biography from the Montana Historical Society or University of Montana site.
chief Joseph of Nez Perce surrender |
explorer Pierre de la Verendrye |
Both Montana genre and historical artists Edgar Paxson and Charlie Russell were friends during their lives, apparently lifetime friends, and Russell eulogized Paxson's untimely passing.
Custer's defeat and Lakota victory - Little Big Horn battle
Valete
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