Remington was truly a man of his times. He was an artist and writer whose reactions to southwestern life are more complex than previously understood. That his career figures prominently in many varied discussions of art, of history and of popular culture bespeaks the importance of his art. "Frederic Remington's Southwest: documents a specific aspect of this important American artist's life and work, while at the same time encourages a continuing dialogue as to how his art relates to America's history and how it responds to other artists of his time.