Frederic Remington (FRED rik RIM ing ton) was born in
1861 in
Canton, New York. His father who was a colonel in the cavalry, was a
commander in the Civil War.
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Remington was a person who liked to hunt, fish, and
ride horses. He was
a large person; just 5'9" tall, but he weighed 300 pounds.
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He first visited the Montana Territory in 1881. He
bought a sheep ranch
in Kansas, but it was unsuccessful. Next he tried other kinds of
businesses; a hardware store and a saloon.
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He began painting pictures of the West and Indians. He
loved drawing
horses. He even had barn doors put on his studio so that he could bring
the horses inside. His drawings appeared in Harper's Weekly magazine.
In his lifetime he produced more than 3,000 drawings and paintings. A
painting or drawing is a two-dimensional work of art. It has height and
width.
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At one time he was sent to Cuba to illustrate scenes
from the Spanish-American War.
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He loved a woman named Eva Caton (Caten) and he wanted
to marry her. He
proposed to her three times. She refused his proposal twice, but the
third time, she said she would marry him.
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Toward the end of his life he decided that he didn't
want to just make
"flat" pictures anymore, so he started making bronze sculptures of
cowboys and western scenes. A sculpture is a three-dimensional work of
art. It has height, width, and depth. You can view the work of art from
all sides. He made 22 sculptures in all. The first works were made by
sand casting and the later ones with the lost-wax process.
(See links for more information).
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He died at the age of 48 after having surgery for an
attack of appendicitis.
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