If I heard someone talking about the American West, the.
first person that I would think of would be Frederick Remington.
No artist gave the eastern Americans a glance at the west better.
than Frederick Remington. He defined the myths and the realties.
of the American West.
Frederick Remington was born in Canton, New York in 1841.
Remington loved art even as a child. He was always drawing.
sketches of his fellow students at his school, Highland Academy.
Remington later went to the Yale School of Fine Arts and had many.
of his sketches published in the Yale Courant. When Remington.
was a young man his family had financial trouble, forcing him to.
quit school and work as a clerk. Remington was very uninterested.
in his job, and art consumed his mind and energy. In 1881,.
Remington left home and went on a trip to the place he had wanted.
to see since he was a child, the West. He spent countless hours.
with pen in hand during his few months" visit.
Remington sent one of his sketches to Harpers Weekly, upon.
his return to New York. This was the start of a long relationship.
with the publication. In 1883, Remington was getting anxious to.
see the West again. Remington left his home and went to Kansas to.
be a sheep farmer. That didn't last long, and so he became part .
owner of a saloon in Kansas City, which also lasted only a short.
time. Kansas just wasn't enough to quench his thirst for the.
western style of life.
In 1885, Remington went back home to Brooklyn. There he took.
art courses, and he sold many sketches to various magazines.
In 1886, Harpers Weekly sent him on an assignment to New Mexico,.
Colorado, Arizona, and into Mexico. Remington learned of the.
hardships of the West. He learned of the rugged terrain and the.
people who endeavored it. Many of his pieces were inspired by.
this, such as The Sentinel, a portrait of an Papago Warrior.
guarding the camp from the Apaches. An editor from Outing.
magazine took a look at Remingtons portfolio upon his return, and.
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