Remington was born in Canton, New York in 1861. He was the only child of the marriage, and received constant attention and approval. He was an active child, large and strong for his age, who loved to hunt, swim, ride, and go camping. He was a poor student, though, particularly in math, which did not bode well for his father?s ambitions for his son to attend West Point. He began to make drawings and sketches of soldiers and cowboys at an early age.
he attended Vermont Episcopal Institute, a church-run military school, where his father hoped discipline would rein in his son?s lack of focus, and perhaps lead to a military career. Remington took his first drawing lessons at the Institute. He then transferred to another military school where his classmates found the young Remington to be a pleasant fellow, a bit careless and lazy, good-humored, and generous of spirit, but definitely not soldier material. He enjoyed making caricatures and silhouettes of his classmates. At sixteen, he wrote to his uncle of his modest ambitions, ?I never intend to do any great amount of labor. I have but one short life and do not aspire to wealth or fame in a degree which could only be obtained by an extraordinary effort on my part?. He imagined a career for himself as a journalist, with art as a sideline.
Remington attended the art school at Yale University, the only male in the freshman year. However, he found that football and boxing were more interesting than the formal art training, particularly drawing from casts and still life objects. He preferred action drawing and his first published illustration was a cartoon of a ?bandaged football player? for the student newspaper Yale Courant.
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Wicked Pony - Remington
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Scalp - Remington
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Moutain Man - Remington
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Buffalo Signal - Remington
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Bronco Buster - Remington
he attended Vermont Episcopal Institute, a church-run military school, where his father hoped discipline would rein in his son?s lack of focus, and perhaps lead to a military career. Remington took his first drawing lessons at the Institute. He then transferred to another military school where his classmates found the young Remington to be a pleasant fellow, a bit careless and lazy, good-humored, and generous of spirit, but definitely not soldier material. He enjoyed making caricatures and silhouettes of his classmates. At sixteen, he wrote to his uncle of his modest ambitions, ?I never intend to do any great amount of labor. I have but one short life and do not aspire to wealth or fame in a degree which could only be obtained by an extraordinary effort on my part?. He imagined a career for himself as a journalist, with art as a sideline.
Remington attended the art school at Yale University, the only male in the freshman year. However, he found that football and boxing were more interesting than the formal art training, particularly drawing from casts and still life objects. He preferred action drawing and his first published illustration was a cartoon of a ?bandaged football player? for the student newspaper Yale Courant.
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Wicked Pony - Remington
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Scalp - Remington
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Moutain Man - Remington
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Buffalo Signal - Remington
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Bronco Buster - Remington