Let's Look At A Remington Nocturne Or Two

             After we talked about cowboy painters yesterday, I spent some time looking at Frederick Remington paintings. 

            This one caught my eye at last, as the most interesting, and most out of character with his other paintings.

            It is one of his Nocturnes.  He was trying to paint the colors of night, as he said.

            He was one of those guys who started out illustrating journals, but then went on to more formal work, such as the above painting.

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In Evening on a Canadian Lake, an alarming sound or movement outside the picture plane has caught the attention of the figures in the canoe. The subject of their interest remains unknown. Remington explained his artistic approach: "Cut down and out—do your hardest work outside the picture, and let your audience take away something to think about—to imagine."

            There are other Nocturnes.

Coming to the Call.

The Grass Fire

            But, while we're thinking about night scenes, we can still enjoy his older works, of daylight scenes with really excellent horse renderings. 

The Lookout, 1887