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Frederic Remington
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Image:The Hunters' Supper.jpg thumb|300px|''The Hunters' Supper'', [[1909,
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
'''Frederic Sackrider Remington''' (
October_4,
1861 -
December_26,
1909) was an
United States American painting painter,
illustrator, and
sculpture sculptor who specialized in depictions of the
American West. He was born in
Canton (village), New York Canton, New York. He spent a childhood hunting and riding, but began to make drawings and sketches of imaginative figures. The family later moved to
Ogdensburg, New York.
Image:BroncoBusterRemingtonSculpture.gif thumb|left|''The Bronco Buster'', limited edition #17 of 20, 1909.
He attended the art school at
Yale University, finding that football and boxing were more interesting than art, and then returned home when his father died to assume some clerical work in
Albany, New York. He soon made his first excursion west and became a businessman in
Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City. He married Eva Caten in 1884 and studied at the
Art Students League of New York. He soon began to submit illustrations, sketches, and other works for publication with the western theme. Much of his early work appeared in ''
Collier's'' and ''
Harper's''.
Although he is world-famous for his many depictions of life in the
American West, Remington only visited the region briefly several months at a time. He was in time to capture images of the western
United States before the area was considered closed by virtue of the subduing of the wilder elements and the inroads of civilization that ended the frontier lifestyle.
Image:Shotgun hospitality.jpg thumb|300px| ''Shotgun Hospitality'', [[1908,
Hood Museum of Art,
Dartmouth College,
Hanover, New Hampshire]]
In 1890 Remington moved to
New Rochelle, New York in order to have both living space and extensive studio facilities. Near the end of his life, he moved to
Ridgefield, Connecticut.
In
1898 Remington was a war correspendent and illustrator for the
Spanish-American War, sent to provide illustrations for
William Randolph Hearst. Although he soon became bored with his task, he was present to witness the
Battle of San Juan Hill assault on San Juan Hill by American forces, including those lead by
Theodore Roosevelt.
Frederic Remington died after an emergency
appendectomy led to
peritonitis. His extreme obesity possibly led to his abdominal problems.
In 1991 the
PBS series
American Masters filmed a documentary of Remington's life called
Frederic Remington: The Truth of Other Days.
External links
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artcyclopedia.com on Remington
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PBS on Remington
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National Gallery web feature on the artist highlighting nocturnal paintings in the exhibition Frederic Remington: The Color of Night
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Remington biographical material
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''Frederic Remington: The Truth of Other Days'' at Movie Tome
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Fredrick Remington Art Museum in
Ogdensburg, New York.
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Works by Frederic Remington at
Project Gutenberg
Category:1861 births Remington, Frederic
Category:1909 deaths Remington, Frederic
Category:American painters Remington, Frederic
Category:American sculptors Remington, Frederic
Category:Artists of the American West Remington, Frederic
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