Original Frederic Remington Art Sculptures

Frederic Remington Original Art Sculptures

Frederic Remington (1861-1909) was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who is best known for artwork depicting the life of cowboys, soldiers, and Native Americans in the old American West. An original Frederic Remington art piece is suitable for art collectors’ American West art collections.

Frederic Remington produced twenty-two different art sculptures (listed in the order of copyright): The Broncho Buster (1895), The Wounded Bunkie (1896), The Wicked Pony (1898), The Scalp (1898), The Norther (1900), The Cheyenne (1901), The Buffalo Signal (1901), Coming Through the Rye (1902), The Mountain Man (1903), Polo (1904), The Sergeant (1904), The Rattlesnake (1905), Dragoons 1850 (1905), The Outlaw (1906), Paleolithic Man (1906), The Horse Thief (1907), The Buffalo Horse (1907), The Cowboy (1908), The Savage (1908), Trooper of the Plains 1868 (1909), The Broncho Buster (large version) (1909), and The Stampede (1909).

Frederic Remington worked in clay and the art foundries and then cast the clay models in bronze. His first four sculptures were created using the sand-casting method at the Henry-Bonnard Company in New York City. They were The Broncho Buster, The Wounded Bunkie, The Wicked Pony, and The Scalp. In 1898, the artist started to work exclusively with Roman Bronze Works, New York City, which made his sculptures using the lost-wax casting method until his death in 1909.

The patina is the green or brown film on sculptures that is produced by oxidation over a long period of time. The artist or foundry will often deter change in the patina by coating the work with wax or a lacquer. Since atmospheric conditions continue to react with the metal after leaving the artist or foundry, certain steps should be taken to protect and to preserve the original patina on the sculpture. These tips will help you care for your sculptures:

• Keep sculptures in ventilated areas away from excessive heat and humidity.
• Keep sculptures clean by dusting regularly.
• Do not wax sculptures unless they are completely dry.
• Do not apply automotive wax to sculptures as they may contain cleaning agents harmful to bronze.

The lost-wax method is a type of metal casting in which metal is poured into a mold that was created with a wax model. To cast a clay model in a metallic mixture, a negative mold is made from the model and brushed with wax, and the resulting wax model is filled with a heat-resistant mixture. The wax model is then covered in plaster and placed in an oven. The heat melts the wax away, and molten metal is poured into the space left by the wax. The outer plaster and core are removed when everything cools, completing the sculpture.