EXTRACTS: Illustrators issue 27 © 2019 The Book Palace (96 PAGES in Full edition)

6 of his contemporaries. He was also a smooth talker, and pretty much maligned the work of other American artists whom he didn’t consider worthy. He also kept detailed notes from all his work and sales, and was a prolific, producing more than 3,000 drawings and paintings (both signed and unsigned), twenty-two bronze sculptures, two novels, a Broadway play, and over one hundred articles and stories. His bronze sculptures have become a staple in America, to the point that many chief executives around the country have at least one Remington sculpture in their offices. Nonetheless, like many other illustrators of his time, he regretted being known only as an illustrator, as he had higher aspirations, mainly that his work be considered RIGHT: Radisson and Groseilliers, oil on canvas, 1905. The famous French explorers who established the fur- trade route on the Hudson Bay in the 17th century. Pierre-Esprit Radisson was the leader and is the person shown standing in the picture. His brother-in-law Médard Chouart, later sieur de Groseilliers, is seen sitting behind him. A fascinating colour piece by Remington that captures in an almost photographic way a rather tranquil scene.