EDGAR SAMUEL PAXSON "SEA WATCH" OIL ON CANVAS

Edgar Samuel Paxson (E.S. Paxson) (1852 - 1919) "Sea Watch" Oil on Canvas. Edgar Paxson was an artist of the vanishing West. He was on the frontier just before Frederic Remington and Charles Russell, and his 1877 arrival in Montana occurred when Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Indians were warring their way through Canada. Paxson became a close friend of Russell, who arrived in Montana in 1880, and the two men became the state's most famous early or pioneer resident artists. Among the things they shared was a mutual pride at being self taught and a love of expressing aspects of Montana's frontier history. Some of his most sought after work are his small watercolors. In 1881, he settled in Butte, where he found more lucrative business, and in 1905, he settled in Missoula. Artist: Edgar Samuel Paxson Title: "Sea Watch" Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature Type: Hand Signed | Signature Location: Lower Left | Site Measurement: 20" x 16" | Ref: BD2120

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