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Article: Frederic Remington's studio: a reflection.
- Article from:
- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- November 1, 1994
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For most of his creative and enormously productive life, Frederic Remington, acclaimed for his distinctive pictorial vision of the American West, lived and worked in New Rochelle, New York. His aesthetic expression, reflected in thousands of illustrations, paintings, and bronzes, presented the western experience as a symbol of much that is at once felicitously and tragically unique in American history. It is his portrayal of the frontier saga that has shaped the public's view of what the West was and why it mattered.
Remington's perspective was one of distance infused with firsthand observations made during his frequent visits to the West. The genius of his ...