Monday, April 5, 2010

95 (D-36) An American Artist: Frederic Remington



























95 (D-36) Frederic Remington (October 4, 1861 - December 26, 1909) was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in depictions of the Old American West, specifically concentrating on the last quarter of the 19th century American West and images of cowboys, American Indians, and the U.S. Cavalry.




A few more of Remington's paintings with another cowboy song:

Git Along Little Dogie (Get Along Little Dogie)



It's a very well-known cowboy song:




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George Catlin (July 26, 1796 – December 23, 1872) was an earlier American painter, author and traveler who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the Old West. He worried that the vast herds of buffalo and the Indians who depended on them would someday be gone forever and he called for the creation of a nation's park to save them. But, no one listened.



Jane


ALL THINGS ARE CONNECTED!

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VOCABULARY:

dogie = Origin: Western U.S. = a stray or motherless calf. (a stray dog = "un chien errant") ( a calf = "un veau" )

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