This is an exceedingly rare original work of art oil paint by Robert Wesley Amick titled, Roundup. Robert Wesley Amick (1879-1969) was a prominent American painter who was best known for his American Old West and Equine paintings with this example being a fantastic representation of his finest genre’s: Old West, Equine and Landscape. Amick was born in a log cabin in Canon City, Colorado in 1879 to a pioneer family and was raised amidst cowboys, prospectors and Indians. After an accomplished law degree at Yale, Robert moved to New York to study art privately under George Bridgman. This is truly a fantastic example of artwork from his prime showing an iconic Old West scene with a cowboy rounding up several gorgeous horses set on a towering Rocky Mountain background. The piece is signed in the lower left and in a carved wood frame with a gold gilt finish. The artwork shows an original oil painting on stretched canvas and is one of the largest paintings offered for public sale by Amick. R.W. Amick pieces regularly sell at auction in excess of nearly $15,000 with a high demand due to his desirable subject matter drawn from his real-life experiences during childhood. Provenance: From the renowned Sundog Fine Art Bozeman, Montana collection and acquired by Bruce VanLandingham. Bruce VanLandingham was a pillar in the American Indian collecting community and a respected expert. Along with being an avid collector Bruce also was the sole owner of Sundog Fine Art Gallery in Bozeman which was both part museum and gallery. The visible artwork measures 39 1/2" x 29 1/2." The frame measures 44 1/14" x 34 1/4."