Buffalo in Combat
Frederick Arthur Verner · 1870
Why it's great
Two huge buffalo lock horns in a fierce battle on the open prairie. Frederick Arthur Verner was a Canadian painter who traveled across the Canadian west and painted the buffalo and the plains. He is known for sunset scenes of the buffalo, which he painted often. The picture captures the wild strength of the animals before their herds disappeared.
Where to see it
📍 National Gallery of CanadaOttawa, Canada
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Frederick Arthur Verner was born in Ontario and became famous for paintings of the Canadian plains, with buffalo and Indigenous camps at sunset. He spent his later years in England, where he continued to paint Canadian scenes. He died in London in 1928.
