Trappers (1917) by Allen TrueWyoming State Museum
Allen True (1881-1955) was an American illustrator, painter, and muralist whose work focused on depicting the American West.
This oil painting by True, created in 1917, depicts a winter scene.
On the right, a man with a long white beard wearing animal skin clothing sits with a firearm across his lap and his back to a building made of stone.
Behind him is a Native American male with wrapped braids. The man holds a rifle and is wearing a scarf that is waving in the wind.
Another man can be seen riding a horse and wrapped in a red blanket, carrying a firearm across his lap...
...while on the left is a man lying on the ground and another man leaning down behind him, using a rifle to stabilize himself.
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