The artwork, titled “An Argument with the Town Marshal,” was created by Frederic Remington in the year 1907. The piece is associated with the Impressionism and Tonalism movements and falls under the genre of genre painting.
The artwork depicts a scene set in an early 20th-century rural town at night. The central figures are a man and a horse, illuminated by light streaming from nearby buildings. The man appears to be in some moment of intensity or confrontation, potentially with a town marshal as the title suggests. The surrounding buildings display warm, glowing lights from their windows, contrasting with the cool, dark tones of the night sky and ground. The use of light and color evoke a sense of tension and immediacy, characteristic of Remington’s approach to portraying scenes of the American West. The horse’s posture and the man’s stance add to the dynamic and dramatic quality of the painting.