Historical Figure
Edgar Samuel Paxson
Edgar Samuel Paxson was a self-taught Montana frontier painter who arrived in the territory in 1877 and spent over four decades documenting the Northern Rockies and Western history. His most significant Lewis and Clark works include the monumental "Lewis and Clark at Three Forks" mural (1912) in the Missoula County Courthouse.
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6 total items
Art (6)
Lewis and Clark at the Three forks
Edgar S. Paxson, 1912
oil on canvas
Lewis and Clark at Travelers Rest
Edgar S. Paxson, 1903
oil on canvas
Lewis Party Crossing the Clark Fork
Edgar S. Paxson, 1914
oil on canvas
Lewis at Black Eagle Falls
Edgar Samuel Paxson, 1912
Oil on canvas, 81 × 39 inches
Sacagawea at the Bitterroot
Edgar Samuel Paxson, c. 1905
Oil on canvas
Lewis and Clark at Three Forks (mural detail)
Edgar Samuel Paxson, 1912
Oil on canvas (detail from mural)
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