Pitched It Sheer into the River . . . Where It Still Is Seen in the Summer
1889
51.0 x 72.0 cm
In 1888 Remington was commissioned to illustrate The Song of Hiawatha, the epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, for a deluxe edition published in 1891. By then a sophisticated practitioner of the grisaille technique, Remington executed twenty-two black-and-white oil paintings, one for each of the poem’s cantos. This depiction accompanies canto 6, which describes Hiawatha’s two closest friends: Chibiabos, the musician, and Kwasind, the strong man. The jagged boulder in the river alludes to one of Kwasind’s feats of strength. Taunted with accusations of laziness, he threw a huge rock into the Pauwating River, where it remained visible above the waterline during the summer months.
フレデリック・レミントン(1861 – 1909)
フレデリック・レミントン(1861-1909)は、アメリカ西部の象徴的な画家。カウボーイ、ネイティブアメリカン、騎兵隊の絵画で知られ、フロンティアの生活と文化を鮮やかに描き出しました。西部開拓時代の歴史的瞬間を捉えた、真の国民的伝説です。
作品詳細
- 作品名: Pitched It Sheer into the River . . . Where It Still Is Seen in the Summer
- 作家: フレデリック・レミントン
- 制作年: 1889
- 作品サイズ: 51.0 x 72.0 cm
- 技法: Landscape
- 著作権の状態: パブリックドメイン
- 主要な色: Espresso
- 色相: Green to Violet Spectrum