Art AwarenessKindergarten grade Lesson 4 – Frederick Remington

Oct 4, 1861- Dec 26, 1909

American Artist

• He was born in New York• He lived in Bloomington Illinois

as a child until age 11• He was a fine horseman and his

uncle was a saddle maker by trade

• He loved to hunt, swim, ride horses and go camping

• He went to Yale art school and played on the football team there

• He enjoyed creating action paintings and drawings for the student newspaper

• He journeyed to Montana when he was 19 to see the “wild west”

• His first art sale was to Harper Weekly magazine when on this trip

He gained fame and fortune as a serious painter and sculptor.

He was a realistic painter but became more impressionistic in his two final years

He enjoyed painting horses and often brought them into the studio where he painted !

Blackfoot War Party was exhibited at the National Academy of Design and the New York Herald said he would one day be listed among our great American painters

Realism -the quality or fact of representing a person, thing, or situation accurately or in a way that is true to life.

The Outlier

Action Packed What is happening in these 3 paintings?

Does it look still or is there movement in these images?

How can you tell?

Turn Him Loose

A Cold Morning on the Range

Aiding a Comrade 1890

Later YearsSofter more Impressionistic work…silhouettes against the sunset

We are now going to create a Southwest inspired silhouette using colors from the southwest!