Moonlight Wolf | Frederic Remington | 1909 Peter Birkhäuser with the infant Jesus in

with the infant Jesus in her arms

turning the moment into an expression of ecstatic communion between the human form

rendered with bold

is a powerful depiction of the psychological toll of war on soldiers

reinforces notions of unity

Moonlight Wolf | Frederic Remington | 1909 Peter Birkhäuser with the infant Jesus inAbout the artwork: Moonlight Wolf (1909) by Frederic Remington captures the haunting stillness of the wilderness at night, distilling the artists fascination with both the natural world and the atmosphere of solitude. Painted near the end of Remingtons life, when he had shifted away from action packed cowboy scenes to more impressionistic nocturnes, the work shows a lone wolf emerging from the shadows, bathed in silvery moonlight. The brushwork is