弗雷德里克·薩克里德·雷明頓(Frederic Sackrider Remington)是美國多才多藝的藝術家,以筆下活靈活現的美國西部題材創作聞名於世。他 1861 年生於紐約州坎頓,年少時便深深癡迷邊疆風土人情,這也成為貫穿其創作生涯的核心主題。其創作領域橫跨油畫、插畫、雕塑與寫作,是十九世紀末美國藝壇極具才華與影響力的重量級人物。
雷明頓曾就讀於耶魯大學美術學院,但相較靜物寫真,他更熱衷體育運動。1880 年父親離世後,他選擇離校(耶魯大學後於 1900 年向其頒授榮譽學位)。次年一場前往蒙大拿領地的夏日旅行點燃他對美國西部綿延一生的熱忱。
他憑藉插畫創作迅速嶄露頭角,長期為《哈勃周刊》(Harper's Weekly)等刊物供稿。1882 年,他首幅專業商業插畫 —— 一幅描繪懷俄明牛仔風貌的作品正式刊出。雷明頓善用飽滿靈動、極具張力的筆觸刻畫牛仔、美洲原住民、軍人形象與西部遼闊壯麗的自然風光,廣受業界讚譽。他的作品兼具浪漫情懷與寫實筆觸,生動還原舊西部風貌,捕捉這片土地獨有的精神氣質與冒險氣息。
在成為知名戰地畫家後,受藝術家弗雷德里克・魯克斯圖爾(Frederick Ruckstuhl)啟發,雷明頓決定嘗試雕塑創作。他的第一件雕塑作品《馴馬者》(The Broncho Buster ,1895年創作模型)就奠定了其美國雕塑大師的地位。2017 年,其《穿越黑麥》(Coming Through the Rye,1902年創作模型)在佳士得以11,223,500美元成交,不僅刷新藝術家拍賣紀錄,也創下二戰前美國雕塑作品的世界紀錄。
1923年,弗雷德里克·雷明頓藝術博物館在其位於紐約州奧格登斯堡的故居落成。館內藏有最為豐富的雷明頓作品,包括大量繪畫、素描與雕塑,以及他的個人收藏與書信往來,令人們得以更深入了解這位藝術家及其藝術視野。
弗雷德里克・雷明頓於 1909 年辭世,而他筆下勾勒的西部人情風貌歷經歲月依舊動人。
FREDERIC REMINGTON (1861-1909)
Coming to the Call
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An Argument with the Town Marshall
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Coming Through the Rye
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Coming Through the Rye
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The Trooper
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The Horse Thief
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The Buffalo Signal (If Skulls Could Speak)
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Pretty Mother of the Night--White Otter is No Longer a Boy
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The Trooper and His Mare
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An Apache
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The Broncho Buster (Large Version)
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Trooper of the Plains 1868
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The Broncho Buster
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The Broncho Buster
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The Mountain Man
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The Mountain Man
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The Broncho Buster
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Broncho Buster
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The Rattlesnake
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The Cheyenne
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The Outlaw
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'The Broncho Buster'
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Broncho Buster
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'The Broncho Buster'
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Lane Through the Buffalo Herd
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The Broncho Buster
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'The Mountain Man'
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The Mountain Man
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The Broncho Buster
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The Rattlesnake
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The Cheyenne
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The Scalp (The Triumph)
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A Hunting Man (In Full Pursuit: H.L. Herbert Taking a Wall)
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Hunting the Caribou--"Shoot! Shoot!" (Indians Stalking Caribou)
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'The Mountain Man'
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The Flag of Truce in the Indian War
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El Vaquero
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'The Cheyenne'
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In a Canyon of the Coeur D'Alene
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The Rattlesnake
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"He Was the Law" (Billy the Kid)
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'The Broncho Buster'
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The Bear at Bay (Roping a Grizzly)
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The Broncho Buster
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'The Scalp'
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Hunters in Winter
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'The Rattlesnake'
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John Ermine
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'The Scalp'
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The Bell-Mare Over a Bad Place