biography
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Remington, Frederic (Sackrider)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1861–1909)
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| biography:
| Painter, sculptor, and illustrator, born in Canton, New York, USA. He studied at the Yale Art School (1878–9) and the Art Students League, New York City (c.1885), then moved West and became a cowboy and rancher. Offered a commission to illustrate Geronimo's Apache campaign for Harper's Weekly (1882), he began his career as a painter of the American West. He recorded the Indian Wars of 1890–91, created his first bronze sculpture, ‘Bronco Buster’ (1895), and wrote and illustrated several books that recounted his adventures. |
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