Minneapolis Institute of Art

Bronco Buster

Frederic Remington

Date

1895 (cast 1918 or later)

Medium

Bronze

Department

Arts of the Americas

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Remington’s sculpture of a bronco buster (a cowboy who “breaks” horses so they can be ridden) is a metaphor for the conflict inherent in the idea of an American West. The horse struggling under the cowboy’s power represents the wild, untamed land that was home to Native Americans and wildlife. The cowboy stands for the pioneers and explorers who kept pushing west. United States, Americas

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