- Term
Frederic Remington
- Alternate Term
Remington, Frederic
Remington, Frederic?
Remington, Fred
- Occupation/Role
artist
- Nationality/Ethnicity
American
- Date
1861-1909
- Remarks
Frederic Sackrider Remington was born on October 1, 1861, in Canton, New York. In 1872, the Remington family moved to Ogdensburg, New York, where young Remington was enrolled in a military academy at the age of fifteen. His fervent desire to become an artist convinced his parents to let him take art classes at Yale University in 1878. Upon the death of his father in 1880, Remington quit Yale and decided to try to make his living as an artist. He spent five years traveling in the West, talking to cowboys, saloon keepers, Indians, soldiers and settlers. He became a close friend of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody and was often invited to stay at his famous ranch. Remington moved to New York City and began working as a freelance illustrator and studying at the Art Student's League. His first accomplishment as a professional artist came in 1882, when one of his sketches was published in "Harper's Weekly." In 1888, he won two prestigious awards at the National Academy: The Hallgarten Prize and the Clark Prize. By 1890, his stature and wealth allowed him to buy a mansion in New Rochelle, NY, where he built a large studio and stocked it with his collection of western artifacts. Near the end of his life, he moved to Ridgefield, Connecticut. He died in 1909 at age of 48.