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

7 worthy of the fine arts. Towards the end of his career he veered to Impressionism, and thought himself a worthy competitor. Now, a century later, his paintings are some of the most highly sought after throughout America, and many sell for millions of dollars. There’s little doubt that, although once considered a mere illustrator, he has since become known as one of the finest and foremost American painters. Born after the beginning of the American Civil War, on October 4, 1861, in Canton, New York, Frederic Sackrider Remington was an only child, much cherished and the centre of attention from both his parents. His father, whose family had arrived in the United States from England in 1637, had been a newspaper editor