FREDERICK

See also:

• FREDERICK REMINGTON (1861-1909)

REMINGTON (1861-1909)  , American artist, was born at Canton, New York, on the 4th of October 1861 . He was a pupil of the Yale Art School, and of the Art Students' League, New York, and became known as an illustrator, painter and sculptor . Having spent much time in the West, whither he went for his health, and having been with the United States troops in actual warfare, he made a specialty of rendering the North American Indian and the United States soldier as seen on the western plains . In the Spanish-American War he was with the army under General Shafter as war correspondent . He died on the 26th of December 1909, near Ridge-field, Connecticut . His statuettes of soldiers, Indians, cowboys and trappers are full of character, while his paintings have been largely reproduced . He wrote several volumes of stories, including Pony Tracks (1895), Crooked Trails (1898), Sundown Leflare (1899), and John Ermine of the Yellowstone (1902) .