“The Snow Trail” by Frederic Remington in “Collier’s,” January 21, 1911.
Frederic Remington (1861-1909) was the premier chronicler of the late nineteenth century American West. He received a glimpse of the life and land that would influence and inspire the rest of his life during a short journey west in 1881. By 1883, he had bought a sheep ranch in Kansas which served as a home base for more trips throughout the Southwest where he sketched horses, cavalrymen, cowboys and Indians. In 1895, Remington produced his first bronze sculpture, “The Bronco Buster,” which now resides in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
When in 1909 Remington died suddenly of appendicitis, he left a legacy of more than 2,750 paintings and drawings and 25 sculptures. He had written 8 books and numerous articles about the American West and served in the Spanish American War as a war correspondent. He was the most important artist ever to record the vanishing Western frontier. [Source: www.paintingmania.com/snow-trail-181_31645.html]
“The Snow Trail” by Frederic Remington in “Collier’s,” January 21, 1911.
Frederic Remington (1861-1909) was the premier chronicler of the late nineteenth century American West. He received a glimpse of the life and land that would influence and inspire the rest of his life during a short journey west in 1881. By 1883, he had bought a sheep ranch in Kansas which served as a home base for more trips throughout the Southwest where he sketched horses, cavalrymen, cowboys and Indians. In 1895, Remington produced his first bronze sculpture, “The Bronco Buster,” which now resides in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
When in 1909 Remington died suddenly of appendicitis, he left a legacy of more than 2,750 paintings and drawings and 25 sculptures. He had written 8 books and numerous articles about the American West and served in the Spanish American War as a war correspondent. He was the most important artist ever to record the vanishing Western frontier. [Source: www.paintingmania.com/snow-trail-181_31645.html]