1900
oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
Dominant colour
Nothing But Cheerful Looks Followed the Bat is a 1900 oil by Frederic Remington, a American Impressionism work, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
You see two cowboys on horseback at dusk, one raising a bat to signal the end of a game. Remington painted this late in life, when he was trying to show the West as a place of play, not just danger. The loose brushstrokes make the dust and light feel real, almost like a snapshot. If you like this, look up *impasto*—the thick paint that gives the scene its texture.
Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings and Bronzes by Frederic Remington Lent by the George F. Harding Museum , June 21–Oct. 10, 1969, cat. 83.
Peter H. Hassrick, et al., Frederick Remington Catalogue Raisonné , accessed May 5, 2020, http://remington.centerofthewest.org , cat. 02522.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Frederic Sackrider Remington was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in the genre of Western American Art.
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