Heinz Muller - Buffalo Bill 36.125" x 28.125"

Heinz Müller (1872-1937)Buffalo Bill, c. 1910Oil on canvasCanvas: 36.125” x 28.125”Frame: 44.5” x 36.5” Titled and Signed Lower Left: Buffalo Bill / Heinz Müller A striking, large-scale painting of the legendary William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody on horseback in a western landscape by German artist Heinz Müller. Buffalo Bill (1846-1917) earned this nickname for his impressive skill as a buffalo hunter, and his Wild West shows fostered a worldwide fascination with the American West. In this painting, Heinz presents Cody in classic cowboy garb - a fringed suede shirt, leather chaps over his pants, and a classic wide-brimmed hat topping his long-hair and mustachioed visage. A wonderful painting that captures the worldwide romance with the American cowboy during the late 19th to early 20th century, set in a gilt wood frame with a brass plaque engraved "Buffalo Bill by Heinz Müller". According to the Buffalo Bill Museum, "'Buffalo Bill’s Wild West' used real cow-boys and cow-girls, recru