The Fire-Eater Slung His Victim Across His Pony

The Fire-Eater Slung His Victim Across His Pony by Frederic Remington

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

109.2 × 69.4 cm (40 1/4 × 27 5/16 in.)

Classification

painting

Department

Arts of the Americas

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

97897

About the Artist

Frederic Remington

Frederic Remington (1861–1909) was an American painter, sculptor, and illustrator who became the preeminent visual chronicler of the American West. Born in Canton, New York, he studied briefly at the Yale School of the Fine Arts and the Art Students League of New York before making his first trip west in 1881, where he found the subject matter that would define his career. Remington's paintings a...

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