Biography of Frederic Remington


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Remington, Frederic. Artist, author, sculptor. born in Canton, NY, October 4, 1861. Educated at Yale Art School and Art Students' League, New York. Remington was a clerk in a store, then cowboy and stockman on ranch in the West. Subsequently illustrator for magazines, treating military and western American subjects and, during 1897-98, Cuban scenes. Well known as a painter. Among his leading works in sculpture are "The Broncho Buster" and "The Wounded Bunkie." Author: "Pony Tracks," "Crooked Trails," "Frontier Sketches," "John Ermine of the Yellowstone" (novel). Died 1909.