Question 1

True or false: He never traveled west of the Mississippi River.

Accepted Answer

False. Remington traveled extensively through the American West, including Montana, Arizona, and Texas, to gather material.

Question 2

True or false: Remington’s sculpture 'The Bronco Buster' was his first bronze and became iconic.

Accepted Answer

True. Cast in 1895, it was his first attempt at sculpture and remains one of the most famous Western bronzes.

Question 3

True or false: Remington was also a successful novelist and war correspondent.

Accepted Answer

True. He wrote several novels and reported on the Spanish-American War, even illustrating his own dispatches.

Question 4

True or false: Remington’s first published drawing was of a cowboy, which launched his art career.

Accepted Answer

False. His first published drawing was actually of a sheepherder, not a cowboy, for Harper's Weekly in 1882.

Question 5

True or false: Frederic Remington died at age 48 from complications of an appendectomy.

Accepted Answer

True. He died in 1909 after surgery for a ruptured appendix, which was a common fatal outcome before antibiotics.

Question 6

True or false: Remington’s illustrations influenced the look of early Hollywood Western films.

Accepted Answer

True. Directors like John Ford used his dramatic compositions and cowboy imagery as visual templates for movies.

Question 7

True or false: He was a close friend of the outlaw Jesse James.

Accepted Answer

False. Remington was born in 1861, long after Jesse James’s peak; they never met, though Remington romanticized outlaws.

Question 8

True or false: He once painted a portrait of Sitting Bull from life.

Accepted Answer

False. Remington never met Sitting Bull; he painted Native Americans from sketches and photos, not live subjects.

Frederic Remington Trivia Questions