Remington is famous for the lively scenes, in paint and in bronze,
of the Old West that form the subject matter of most of his works.
In the Spanish-American War he served as a war correspondent and artist.
Among his paintings, admired for their forthright and unsentimental
naturalism, are The Outlier (1909, Brooklyn Museum, New York
City) and Cavalry Charge on the Southern Plains
(1907, Metropolitan Museum, New York City). In 1895 Remington began
to make clay models of his rugged subjects, which were subsequently
cast in bronze. His first, Bronco Buster (1895, one casting
in New York Historical Society, New York City) displays the vigor
and sense of movement of his paintings. His subsequent bronzes, such
as Comin' Through the Rye (1902, Metropolitan Museum), in
which four cowhands on horseback charge at the observer in glee, are
daring for their technical skill in suspending large figures on slim
supports—in this case on the hooves of the horses. Among the
books he wrote and illustrated are Pony Tracks (1895), Crooked
Trails (1898), and The Way of an Indian (1906).
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