Frederic Remington Summary

Remington, Frederic (1861-1909) Largely recognized as one of the great artists of the Wild West, Frederic Remington's own life mirrored, in many ways, those of his subjects. Capturing the last ... Read more

The works of 19th-century American sculptor and illustrator Frederic Remington (1861-1909) recall the rough-hewn frontier life of the American West.Frederic Remington is the artist most closely identi... Read more

Frederic Remington, perhaps best known as a painter, sculptor, and illustrator, ranks as one of the most important chroniclers of the nineteenth-century American West. His depictions of cowboys, front... Read more

In the following essay, originally published in 1961, Dobie describes Remington's life and praises his writing and the power of his visual art. Frederic Remington worked for only about twent... Read more

In the following essay, Erisman considers Remington's written works, seeing them primarily as examples of local color fiction that occasionally supersede this designation. Frederic Remingto... Read more