A Mexican Vaquero ☶ Remington ☰ Canvas moon The painting depicts Parisians at

The painting depicts Parisians at a park on the banks of the River Seine

' and a measure of respect

The dramatic use of light and shadow was significant to Baroque art as well as reflective of emerging Dutch civic pride and the role of citizen militias in 17th-century Amsterdam

The painting was created as a simple study in white

After the tragic death of Modigliani and his wife

A Mexican Vaquero ☶ Remington ☰ Canvas moon The painting depicts Parisians atA Mexican Vaquero (1890) by Frederic Remington depicts a vaquero, a Mexican horseman similar to the American cowboys, sitting on his horse, outlined by the pale blue sky. A trip to Mexico in 1889 provided Remington with a wealth of firsthand material for paintings and illustrations that were created later in his New York studio.