Frederic Remington Bronco Buster bronze sculpture cast by Roman Bronze Works, NY and authorized by the Estate of Eva Remington. Signed in the base and bearing Remington’s copyright mark, signed on the back with “Roman Bronze Works NY” and number code “N263”. Cast in two pieces, the main piece and the detachable whipBronze and black patina. Height: 21 ¾ inches Bronco Buster Signed Bronze Edition: Estate cast Circa 1920-30 The art of Frederic Remington defined the American West during his lifetime and played a major role in creating the popular image of the West that persists today. In both painting and sculpture, he portrayed the action and drama of the West. Remington's subjects, the military, the cowboy and the American Indian, centered on conflict. In some of his best works, conflict was not only the subject, but also created the aesthetic tension of the artwork. Although closely identified with the American West, Remington actually spent much of his life in the East. Born October 4, 1861 in Canton, New York, Frederic was the only child of Seth Pierre Remington and Clara Bascomb Sackrider Remington. Remington attended the Yale College School of the Fine Arts for three semesters beginning in 1878 and also played football on the Yale team. After his father died, he left school and started working as a reporter. In 1881 he made his first trip west to Montana Territory and subsequently he sold his first sketch of cowboys to Harper's Weekly. In 1883 he bought and worked a sheep ranch in Peabody, Kansas. On October 1, 1884 Remington married Eva Adele Caten of Gloversville, New York. His ranch and other business ventures in Kansas City, Missouri, being unsuccessful, Remington ended his only Western residence and then traveled in the Southwest.