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Frederic Remington
American painter
born 1861 - died 1909
Fredric Remington was born in Canton, New York October 4, 1861. He
was brought up during the Civil War, his boyhood passions consisted of
riding, boating, fishing, hunting, the military and the great outdoors.
During school he enjoyed sketching and doodling different objects
especially soldiers in military uniforms.
By 1900 Remington had returned to painting and he began to experiment
with impressionism. His technique evolved dramatically the last five
years of his life as he rejected the crisp linear illustrator style to
concentrate on mood, color and light - sunlight, moonlight, and
firelight. His later oils are consistent with his conclusion that his
West was dead. So he painted impressionistic scenes in which the West,
now entirely confined to memory, was invested with a poetry and mystery
the present could not touch. He died at the age of 48, a victim of
appendicitis.
View artworks’ titles of oil painting old master Remington
Frederic USA
1861-1909
2 Comming to the Call
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