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Remington's Western Treasures
Frederick Remington Treasures
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Like many artists Frederic Remington had preferred subjects. In his case he became a master of Western and military imagery. |
Generally associated with the American West, Remington spent most of his life in the east and resided in New Rochelle, New York. The artists was born in Canton, New York, in 1861 and briefly attended the School of Fine Arts at Yale before traveling to the west before beginning his career as an illustrator.
Remington provided illustrations in the late 19th Century for publications that included Harper’s Weekly, Harper’s Monthly, Century, Collier’s, Outing, Boys’ Life, and Cosmopolitan.
Ogdensburg, New York, is home to a museum celebrating the American Artist and bearing his name, The Frederic Remington Art Museum. This exhibit is drawn from that museum and does include some of Remington's important works, such as the 1885 watercolor Sunday Morning Toilet on the Ranch, a perfect example of the artist's preferred genre demonstrating the camaraderie found among American cowboys.
Title: Sunday Morning Toilet on the Ranch, 1885
Artist: Frederick Remington (American 1861-1909)
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
27 1/8 x 30 11/16 x 2 1/8
Courtesy Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY.
Image Courtesy: Fenimore Art Museum
The exhibit would be incomplete if it neglected Frederic Remington's illustrations. It doesn't. Remington was commissioned to illustrate six stories about the western adventures of Theodore Roosevelt. Among them was the 1888 One of the Boys.
Remington delved into the world of bronze sculpture and four of these works will be on display, such as The Broncho Buster
Frederick Remington Treasures
Fenimore Art Museum:
May 26 - September 4, 2007
Opening Image Credit:
Title: When His Heart Is Bad, 1908
Artist: Frederick Remington (American 1861-1909)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection.
Courtesy Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY.
© Photo by Richard Walker
Image Courtesy: Fenimore Art Museum