A Chronology

Adapted from Frederic Remington by James K. Ballinger, Abrams, 1989.

• 1861
  • October 4: Born to Seth and Clara Sackrider Remington in Canton, New York
• 1873
  • August: Moves to Ogdensburg, New York; Seth Remington appointed Collector of the Port
• 1875
  • September: Enrolls at Vermont Episcopal Institute, Burlington
• 1876
  • June 25: General George Custer and his men slaughtered in the Battle of Little Big Horn September: Enrolls at Highland Military Academy, Worcester, Massachusetts
• 1878
  • September: Enrolls at Yale College School of Art, attends three semesters
• 1880
  • February: Seth Pierre Remington dies
• 1881
  • August-September: Vacations in Montana Territory--his first trip to the West
• 1882
  • February 25: Harper's Weekly publishes his first illustration (redrawn by staff)
• 1883
  • March: Buys sheep ranch near Peabody, Kansas
• 1884
  • March: Moves to Kansas City; invests first in a hardware store, then in a saloon
  • October 1: Marries Eva Caten in Gloversville, New York; couple returns to Kansas City
• 1885
  • September: Moves to Brooklyn, New York
• 1886
  • March-May: Attends Art Students League, New York
  • June: Travels to Arizona, Mexico, and New Mexico
• 1887
  • April: Travels to North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and Western Canada; exhibits for the first time at the American Watercolor Society and the National Academy of Design
• 1888
  • February: Illustrations appear in Theodore Roosevelt's serialized articles for Century Magazine, later published as Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail
  • March: Wins Hallgarten and Clark awards at the National Academy of Design exhibition
  • May-July: Travels to Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico
• 1889
  • July: Wins silver medal at Paris International Exposition
• 1890
  • April: Buys home in New Rochelle, New York; one-man exhibition and sale at the American Art Galleries of the American Art Association
  • December 30: Defeat of Sioux at Wounded Knee
• 1891
  • June: Elected associate member of National Academy of Design
• 1893
  • March: Travels to Mexico for Harper's
  • September: Meets Owen Wister in Yellowstone; on return trip to New York visits World's Colombian Exhibition, Chicago
• 1895
  • July: First book, Pony Tracks, published
  • October 1: First sculpture, Broncho Buster, copyrighted
  • November: Second exhibition and sale at the American Art Galleries of the American Art Association
• 1897
  • December: Exhibits 40 works in Boston exhibition
• 1898
  • May: Crooked Trails published
  • June: Travels to Cuba to cover Spanish-American War for Harper's and New York Journal
• 1899
  • April: Harper's Weekly releases Remington; begins illustrating for Collier's
• 1900
  • March: Begins casting sculpture at Roman Bronze Works, New York
  • May: Buys summer home at Ingleneuk, an island in the St. Lawrence River, New York
• 1901
  • September: A Bunch of Buckskins, portfolio of colored lithographs, published; Theodore Roosevelt becomes 26th president upon the death of William McKinley
  • December: Exhibits at Clausen Gallery
• 1902
  • May: Owen Wister's novel, The Virginian published
• 1903
  • April: Begins showing with Noe Gallery, New York
  • May: Signs four-year contract with Collier's
• 1905
  • March 16: Receives commission for The Cowboy from Fairmont Park Art Association, Philadelphia
  • March 18: Remington Number published by Collier's
• 1906
  • December: Begins showing with Knoedler, New York
• 1908
  • November: Buys property for new home and studio in Ridgefield, Connecticut
• 1909
  • January: Collier's contract terminated; exhibits work at Doll and Richards Gallery, Boston
  • December: Exhibition at Knoedler well received by critics
  • December 26: Dies of peritonitis following emergency appendectomy at his Ridgefield, Connecticut home