Coming Through the Rye by Frederic Remington on marble base

Description: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Coming Through the Rye by Frederic Remington on marble base Frederic Remington (1861-1909) depicted the life of the cowboy during the 1880s and 1890’s better, perhaps, than any other artist of his time. He thought of himself as a true citizen of the American West. A native of Canton, New York, Remington left college at the age of 19, looking for adventure in the West. Remington operated his own ranch in Kansas, and in 1886 he gave it up as a failure and came back to the East. The experience served him well in his later career as an artist. “What success I have had,” Remington once told a newspaper reporter, “has been because I have a horseman’s knowledge of a horse. No one can draw equestrian subjects unless he is an equestrian himself.” As an artist, Remington first made a name for himself as an illustrator and painter, and began sculpting only 14 years before his death in 1909. “I was impelled to try my hand at sculpture by a mental desire to say something in the round as well as in flat. Sculpture is the most perfect expression of action. You can say it all in clay.” The first Remington in clay was “Bronco Buster,” completed in 1885. Among his admirers were Theodore Roosevelt, who once said that “Remington portrayed a most characteristic and yet vanishing type of American life. The soldier, the cowboy, the rancher, the Indian, the horses and the cattle of the plains will live in his pictures and bronzes, I verily believe for all time.” Free shipping. Sizes (Baby) 7"H x 6"L, (Mini) 11"H x 11"L, (Medium) 12"H x 13 1/2"L, (Regular) 29"H x 30"L In 1895 Remington began to make sculptures, producing 22 different subjects. He worked in clay. His clay models were cast in bronze at art foundries. His first four subjects were cast using the sand casting method at the Henry-Bonnard Co. In 1898 he began working exclusively with Roman Bronze Works, N.Y., which employed the lost wax casting method. For an accounting of legitimate bronze casts and their whereabouts, see Icons of the West: Frederic Remington’s Sculpture by Michael D. Greenbaum, published in 1996 by the Frederic Remington Art Museum Remington’s bronzes were titled as follows. Unless otherwise noted they were cast at Roman Bronze Works, N.Y. using the lost-wax bronze casting method. Bronzes are listed in order of copyright. 1895 The Broncho Buster * 1896 The Wounded Bunkie** 1898 The Wicked Pony * 1898 The Scalp * 1900 The Norther 1901 The Cheyenne 1901 The Buffalo Signal 1902 Coming Through the Rye 1903 The Mountain Man 1904 Polo 1904 The Sergeant 1905 The Rattlesnake 1905 Dragoons 1850 1906 The Outlaw 1906 Paleolithic Man 1907 The Horse Thief 1907 The Buffalo Horse 1908 The Cowboy 1908 The Savage 1909 Trooper of the Plains 1868 1909 The Broncho Buster (large version) 1909 The Stampede * These sculptures were cast at the Henry-Bonnard Co. using the sand casting method, and also cast at Roman Bronze Works, NY using the lost-wax casting method. ** This sculpture was only cast at the Henry-Bonnard Co. using the sand casting method. Painting Frederic Remington completed over 3,000 flat works. View the Frederic Remington Catalogue Raisonne. Methods Remington traveled west many times to report for magazines and to accumulate photographs, make sketches and buy props for his studio. This enabled him to create accurate details and gain inspiration each day in the comfort of his studio

Price: 750 USD

Location: Aurora, Colorado

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