Pride of the Piegan
$1,800.00
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A quiet but charged moment holds the composition: two mounted scouts halt on a grassy rise, scanning the land as storm clouds gather beyond the distant horizon. The taller figure in the foreground, crowned with a feathered headdress and upright rifle, gives the scene a tense stillness—alert, deliberate, and dignified. Liang’s palette favors sunlit greens and warm earth tones that contrast with the brooding blues and grays of the sky, creating a feeling of impending drama without resorting to melodrama. Brushwork reads as confident and painterly; grasses and horsehair are suggested with lively strokes while faces and gesture remain clearly observed, so the human presence feels immediate. The vertical format emphasizes the rise of land and sky, lending the riders a quiet monumentality. It’s a work that balances historical weight with a calm, observant mood—an image of leaders on the verge of action, caught in the space between watchfulness and movement.
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About Little Big Horn June 25 1876
Little Big Horn, June 25, 1876<br> LIMITED EDITION CANVAS
Early afternoon, June 25, 1876, Montana Territory, two scouts from the Sioux Encampment sight the Seventh Cavalry, led by General George Armstrong Custer, approaching from the East. The infamous Battle of the Little Bighorn is about to begin. Known to Native Americans as the Battle of Greasy Grass Creek, the conflict between a combined group of Lakota and Northern Cheyenne (led by great leaders such as Chief Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse) against Custer’s cavalry was a stunning defeat for the U.S. Army. Much has been made of Custer’s possible hubris in actions that led up to the battle, but the stark fact remains that these Native American warriors fought in a far superior fashion than had been expected. Also known as “Custer’s Last Stand,” the battle represented the high water mark of the Indian alliance and the call for retribution on the part of the U.S. citizenry was answered swiftly and harshly.
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Z.S. Liang, born in China in 1953 and raised in a family of artists, published his first painting at age 6 in a children's magazine. His art education spanned two continents, beginning at the Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing and continuing to the Massachusetts College of Art and Boston University. His award-winning paintings hang in both corporate and private collections around the world and several of his murals are permanently on display in New York City. His works are in corporate and private collections throughout the United States and many other countries, including Sheraton Corporation, Marriott Corporation, Weseda University Tokyo and the West Point Museum. Among the many awards Liang has received are the Best of Show and People's Choice at the American Society of Portrait Artists, the Arthur Ross Award for Painting at the Classical America New York, and the Lila Acheson Wallace Award for Painting at the Society of American Illustrators. Liang's paintings have been featured in the Artist's Magazine and the International Artists.
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