Favorite Artists: Frederic Remington

Frederic Sackrider Remington was born in Canton, New York, in 1861. He started art studies at Yale, but got bored and switched to athletics, starring both as a boxer and a football player. After his father died, he went back to his art studies, this time in New York City. He exhibited his first paintings in 1887, and achieved recognition as a specialist in the old West and cavalry life. His paintings, black-and-white sketches, and sculptures made him wealthy as well as famous. He lived the good life and died of a ruptured apendix in 1909 at the age of 48. Some say he ate himself to death, dying of "uncontrolled obesity." A few years before his death, in 1898 after the battleship Maine was destroyed in Havana harbor, William Randolph Hearst sent Remington to Cuba along with reporter Richard Harding Davis to cover the inevitable war with Spain. Before long, Remington wired Hearst and said, "There will be no war. I want to come home." Hearst is said to have responded, "Stay. You provide the pictures, and I'll provide the war." The story may be apocryphal. For music, we have two "Billy the Kid" ballads, one sung by Marty Robbins and the other by Billy Joel.

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[ThroughArts]

Awesome !

[bestjonbon]

Yes, he was!

[megansspark]

great song, and vid too!

[bestjonbon]

Thanks for looking in, Megansspark. I enjoy all your comments.

[NYCity99]

Hope you don't mind but I came back for a second helping. This time in HD.

You've done such a great job on this video.

A Dash For The Timber, at 2:50, is my favorite of all of Remington's work.

Thanks Again John. Peace.

[bestjonbon]

Heck, come as often as you like. It was done for you.

[Umbalafum]

incredible, no motion picture needed, imagination runs

[sensoriussupremus]

I first came into contact with Frederic Remington's work during my visit to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston last year. I was able to see "Fight for the Water Hole" 0:54, "Aiding a Comrade (Past All Surgery)" 2:54, "The Herd Boy" 4:21, "The Transgressor" 4:42, "Bronco Buster" 6:42, "The Call for Help (At Bay)", "The Blanket Signal" & "The Mier Expedition: The Drawing of the Black Bean" on display. His paintings are definitely fascinating and I can also say they're my favorite!

[historicbloke]

another great painter

[NYCity99]

Without a doubt, my favorite artist.

Without a doubt, now my favorite video.

Once again John you have done an outstanding job.

I know I'll be back many times to watch this one.

Thanks very much. Peace.