Frederic Remington Art Museum Collection

by Dippie, Brian W.

• ISBN13: 9780810967113
• ISBN10: 0810967111
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Summary

Few American artists are as enduringly popular as Frederic Remington (1861-1909). His bronzes and paintings of the American West have become iconic images, shaping the way Americans view the history of the West. This generously illustrated volume is the first to examine the exceptional collection of his works housed at the Frederic Remington Art Museum in Ogdensburg, New York.In his richly detailed portrait of the artist, Western art scholar Brian W. Dippie traces Remington's life and artistic development. Drawing extensively on Remington's letters, diaries, and other archival materials, Dippie explores some 100 of the most important works in the collection in the context of prevailing social, cultural, and political attitudes -- including the ethnic and racial stereotypes for which Remington's work is sometimes criticized today. An important addition to the Remington literature, this handsome volume highlights Remington's impressive range and underscores his achievements as an illustrator, sculptor, and,painter.

Table of Contents

Foreword	8	(1)
Acknowledgments	9	(1)
A House, A Legacy, A Collection	10	(3)
Introduction	13	(20)
The Collection	33
Packing and Paddling in the Adirondacks	34
Packing and Paddling in the Adirondacks. Sketches by Frederic Remington (sketchbook title page)
``Big''
A Hunting Outfit
``Eph'' on the Trail
Kansas Sheep Ranch, 1883	42
My Ranch
Boss of the ``Badger State'' in Spring Lambing
Any Thing for a Quiet Life
Feeding
The Apaches Are Coming	46
Sunday Morning Toilet on the Ranch
The Apaches Are Coming
The Noonday Halt	50
The Noonday Halt
The ``Soldier-Artist''	54
The Messenger
Full-Dress Engineer
Lieutenant, Engineer Battalion
A Commission for Theodore Roosevelt, 1887	60
The Capture of the German
On Guard at Night
Illustrations from Hiawatha and The Oregon Trail	64
Indian Flute, Cheyenne
Lance and Shield
Comanche Legging
Snow-Shoe
Medicine or Totem Bag
Moose Head
Buffalo Hunter Spitting a Bullet into a Gun
A Tour of Indian Territory, 1888	70
A Comanche
Waiting for the Beef Issue
Lieutenant Powhatan H. Clarke	74
Lieut. Powhatan H. Clarke, Tenth Cavalry
Soldiers	76
Lieutenant Casey, Commandant of Cheyenne Scouts
Lt. Hardie---The Hero of ``The West from a Car Window''
The Charg
Hunting in the North Woods	82
Antoine's Cabin
Trips to Europe and North Africa	84
The Frontier Guard and the Custom-House
Shoeing Cossack Horses
Arab Method of Picketing a Horse
Rustics	90
The Bicknell Rips Party
Dan Dunn on His Works
The Old Tavern in the Valley
A Foot-Bridge, West Virginia
High Finance at the Cross-Roads
Soldiers at the Chicago Labor Strikes, 1894	96
On the Skirmish Line
Illionis National Guards Picket in Streets of Chicago at Night
Prospectors	98
Prospectors, Making Frying-Pan Bread
Collaborations with Writers	102
The Meeting with the United States Cavalry
Then He Grunted, and Left the Room
Indians and Mountains	108
Recent Uprising amoung the Bannock Indians---A Hunting Party
Fording the Snake River Southwest of the Three Tetons (Mountains)
``From Ink to Clay''	112
The Broncho Buster
Preparation for War, 1898	118
United States Troops Practising Marching in the Palmetto
The Charge of the Rough Riders	120
The Charge of the Rough Riders (Charge of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill)
Action in Cuba	124
Capt, Grimes's Battery Going Up El Poso Hill
Peacekeeping in Cuba	126
Under Which King?
Twilight of the Indian	128
A Mining Town, Wyoming
Lost-Wax Casting	132
The Cheyenne
The Cheyenne
Technical Feats in Bronze	136
Coming Through the Rye
The Mountain Man	140
The Mountain Man
An Old-Time Plains Fight	142
An Old-Time Plains Fight
The Sergeart	146
The Sergeant
Polo	148
Polo
The Scalp	150
The Scalp
The End of the Day	154
The End of the Day
Canoeing	156
The Howl of the Weather
Hauling the Net	160
Hauling the Gill Net
Tonalist Experiments	162
River Drivers in the Spring Break Up
Evening in the Desert. Navajoes	166
Evening in the Desert. Navajoes
Dragoons and Indians of 1850	168
Dragoons 1850
More Bucking Broncos	170
The Outlaw
The Last March	172
The Last March
A Few Women	174
Snug Island (portrait of Eva Remington)
Waiting in the Moonlight
In the Spotlight	180
The Sentinel
The Moaning of the Bulls	184
The Moaning of the Bulls
Landscapes on the St. Lawrence	186
Small Oaks
Chippewa Bay
Boat House at Ingleneuk
Studio at Ingleneuk
Pete's Shanty
Endion
The Rattlesnake	198
The Rattlesnake
The Snow Trail	202
The Snow Trail
The Savage	204
The Savage
Last Trip West, 1908	206
Squatter's Cabin (Squatter's Shanty near a Glacial Stream)
Ghost Stories	210
Ghost Stories (unfinished)
Cowboy Campfires	214
Untitled
The Artist-Historian	218
Trooper of the Plains
The Outlier	222
The Outlier (preliminary version)
The Sun Dance	224
The Sun Dance
Late Landscapes: Canada, 1909	228
Pontiac
The Moose Country
Canada
Pontiac Club, Canada
Horse Studies	234
Horse Studies
General Leonard Wood on Horseback	242
General Leonard Wood on Horseback (sketch in oils)
The Stampede	246
The Stampede
The Broncho Buster Remodeled	250
The Broncho Buster