#fredericremington

The Mountain Man, Frederic Remington, 1903, cast by March 1907, American Paintings and Sculpture

Rogers Fund, 1907 Size: 27 3/4 x 12 x 10 in. (70.5 x 30.5 x 25.4 cm) Medium: Bronze

A Mexican Vaquero, Frederic Remington, 1890, Art Institute of Chicago: American Art

A trip to Mexico in 1889 provided Frederic Remington with a wealth of firsthand material for paintings and illustrations created later in his New York studio. Here Remington depicted a vaquero, a Mexican horseman similar to the cowboys of the American frontier. The figure sits astride his horse at an elevated position, his head and torso above the horizon, outlined by the pale blue sky behind him. Portraying the man with a direct gaze and his hand on the reins, Remington suggested that the vaquero was a fixture of the local terrain. The artist created a version of A Mexican Vaquero as a wood engraving, which appeared in Harper’s Monthly in 1891. George F. Harding Collection Size: 82.6 × 58.4 cm (32 1/2 × 23 in.) Medium: Oil on canvas

The Outlaw, Frederic Remington, 1906, cast before 1939, American Paintings and Sculpture

Bequest of Jacob Ruppert, 1939 Size: 22 5/8 x 15 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (57.5 x 38.7 x 24.8 cm) Medium: Bronze

The Fire-Eater Slung His Victim Across His Pony, Frederic Remington, 1900, Art Institute of Chicago: American Art

George F. Harding Collection Size: 109.2 × 69.4 cm (40 1/4 × 27 5/16 in.) Medium: Oil on canvas

The Wicked Pony, Frederic Remington, 1898, cast before 1939, American Paintings and Sculpture

Bequest of Jacob Ruppert, 1939 Size: 21 7/8 x 21 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. (55.6 x 54 x 22.2 cm) Medium: Bronze

The Fire-Eater Slung His Victim Across His Pony, Frederic Remington, 1900, Art Institute of Chicago: American Art

George F. Harding Collection Size: 109.2 × 69.4 cm (40 1/4 × 27 5/16 in.) Medium: Oil on canvas

The Bronco Buster, Frederic Remington, 1895, Art Institute of Chicago: American Art

Although born, raised, and educated on the East Coast, Frederic Remington achieved considerable success as America’s leading illustrator of life on the western frontier. In 1894 he turned his skill and energy to sculpture. This vigorous portrayal of a cowboy taming a wild horse was the artist’s first effort in bronze, and with an illustrator’s eye for drama, he captured the single most illuminating moment of the event. Although the horse and rider struggle against each other, they are pulled together at the instant of utmost exertion. As the bronco rears up, back arched and splayed tail snapping, the cowboy leans forward, his whip suspended in midair as he clutches the reins and horse’s mane. This minutely rendered, spirited, and technically remarkable depiction of life in the West became one of the most popular American bronzes of the early twentieth century. The Art Institute’s version is one of nearly seventy made at the Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company of New York using the French sand-casting method. George F. Harding Collection Size: 61 × 39.4 × 17.8 cm (24 × 15 1/2 × 7 in.) Medium: Bronze with brown patina

The Fire-Eater Slung His Victim Across His Pony, Frederic Remington, 1900, Art Institute of Chicago: American Art

George F. Harding Collection Size: 109.2 × 69.4 cm (40 1/4 × 27 5/16 in.) Medium: Oil on canvas