1. The Art of Frederic Remington OPTIC Analysis Assignment Cowboy, 1908, in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaFairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2. Frederic Remington 1861-1909 b. From New York *Related to Remington Arms Company founder- Americas Oldest Gunmaker

3. Why is he famous? Fredrick Remington is the foremost illustrator, painter, sculptor of the American West He also is hired by W Randolph Hearst to “furnish pictures” to start the Spanish American war in 1898 People still like his work!

4. Early Career In 1886, Remington was sent to Arizona by Harper's Weekly on a commission as an artist- correspondent to cover the government's war against Geronimo.Geronimo. …..Never caught up with him Commissioned by Teddy Roosevelt to illustrate one of TR’s books “Ranch life and the Hunting Trail” in 1888

5. Early Art and Years Father dies, takes his wife and inheritance and buys a farm in Kansas

6. Sells some sketches to Harper’s Weekly

7. Mid Career Worked For Harper’s Magazine under a “gentlemen’s agreement”

8. Is hired by WR Hearst to go to Cuba to illustrate the Spanish American war Charge of the Rough Riders

9. Later Career Experiments with Color Does series of Nocturnes (Painting at night) Coming to Call 1905

10. Evening on a Canadian Lake 1905

11. The old Stage coach of the Plains 1901

12. Indian Scout in the moonlight 1902

14. The Last Stand

15. The Blanket Signal

16. Hunter’s Supper 1909

17. A Dash for the Timber..

18. Radisson and Groseilliers (1905)

19. A breed

20. Arresting the deserter

21. The Advance