
Frederic RemingtonAmerican, 1861–1909May one see it?
Chicago, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
Not on view at present
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Whether it was on view is unknown
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after 1902
Decides to give up writing and illustration
After “John Ermine” Remington decides he will soon quit writing and illustrating — he has drawn over 2,700 illustrations — to focus on sculpture and painting.
1905
Collier’s devotes an entire issue to him
In 1905 Remington scores a major publicity coup when Collier’s devotes an entire issue to him, showcasing his latest works.
1905
Commission for a “Cowboy” in Fairmount Park
That same year the president of the Fairmount Park Art Association (now the Association for Public Art) commissions Remington to create a large sculpture of a cowboy for Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park.
1905
The novel “The Way of an Indian” appears in Cosmopolitan
The Way of an Indian, written in 1900 for a Hearst publication, is published in Cosmopolitan only five years later.
26 December 1909
Dies after an emergency appendectomy
Remington dies after an emergency appendectomy leads to peritonitis. His extreme obesity — nearly 300 lbs, about 136 kg — had complicated the anesthesia and the surgery, and the postmortem examination cited chronic appendicitis as an underlying factor in his death.
26 December 1909
Died