A briliant large bronze statue of a Native American (Cheyenne Tribe) warrior on horseback, marble base, signed

DESCRIPTION

This exquisite work comes to life thanks to Sackrider's brilliant mastery of capturing the fierceness, agility, and prowess of the Cheyenne warrior tribe. This spectacular work features the warrior on a galloping horse ready to attack. A signature can be seen in the middle of the Alpi Verdi marble base. Must be seen to be appreciated!

DIMENSIONS

Overall h. 47, w. 37, d. 23 cm.

Weight approx. 17.26 kg

MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE

Bronze/ Lost Wax Technique

CONDITION

Very good.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Frederic Sackrider Remington was an American artist who specialized in Western American Art. He was a painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer. His artworks depicted the Western United States during the last quarter of the 19th century, featuring images of cowboys, American Indians, and the US Cavalry.

Remington was related to George Washington, the first US president, through the Warner side of his family. He had a passion for drawing and sketching soldiers and cowboys from an early age. Remington attended the art school at Yale University and was mentored by John Henry Niemeyer.

In 1881, in the American West, Remington witnessed the vast prairies, the dwindling bison herds, the unfenced cattle, and the last significant confrontations between the US Cavalry and Native American tribes. These were scenes he had imagined since childhood. In 1895, Remington went on a hunting trip with Montague Stevens to New Mexico where they hunted grizzly bears. Although the trip was undertaken for fun, it gave Remington a more authentic view of the West than some of the later artists and writers who followed in his footsteps, such as N. C. Wyeth and Zane Grey. These individuals arrived twenty-five years later when much of the mythic West had already slipped into history. From that first trip, Harper's Weekly published Remington's first commercial effort, which was a re-drawing of a quick sketch on wrapping paper that he had mailed back east. 

He submitted illustrations, sketches, and other works with Western themes to Collier's and Harper's Weekly for publication. His recent Western experiences, which he highly exaggerated, and his hearty, breezy "cowboy" demeanor gained him credibility with Eastern publishers who were looking for authenticity. When he was twenty-five, his first full-page cover under his name appeared in Harper's Weekly on January 9, 1886. 

Several of his relatives were also artists, including Indian portrait artist George Catlin, cowboy sculptor Earl W. Bascom, and Frank Tenney Johnson, the "father of western moonlight painting".

In 1886, Harper's Weekly sent Remington to Arizona on a commission as an artist-correspondent to cover the government's war against Geronimo.

He also began making drawings for Outing magazine.

A trip to Canada in 1887 produced illustrations of the Blackfoot, the Crow Nation, and the Canadian Mounties, which were eagerly enjoyed by the reading public.

Later that year, Remington received a commission to do eighty-three illustrations for a book by Theodore Roosevelt, Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail, to be serialized in The Century Magazine before publication. 

His full-colour oil painting Return of the Blackfoot War Party was exhibited at the National Academy of Design, and the New York Herald commented that Remington would "one day be listed among our great American painters".

In 1889, he won a second-class medal at the Paris Exposition which cemented his position as the new trendsetter in Western art. The American committee chose him to represent American painting over Albert Bierstadt!

The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) houses five of his bronze sculptures, and his artwork is featured in numerous prominent American collections. Some of these collections include the Frederic Remington Art Museum in Ogdensburg, New York; the Amon Carter Museum and Sid Richardson Museum in Fort Worth, Texas; the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming; the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma; the Metropolitan Museum in New York City, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, and the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, among others.

Remington is considered the "Father of Cowboy Sculpture" for inventing the art form with his debut piece, The Broncho Buster (1895), which remains popular among Western art collectors.