1897
oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
Paddling the Wounded British Officer is a 1897 oil by Frederic Remington, a American Impressionism work, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
A man in a canoe leans forward, paddling hard. Behind him, another man slumps, bandaged and pale. The river is dark, the trees blurred. Remington painted this scene after visiting Cuba during the Spanish-American War. He never saw combat himself, but he sketched soldiers and sent the drawings back to U.S. newspapers. This painting shows the quiet moment after a battle—no guns, just exhaustion. If you like this, look up *impasto*—how thick paint makes the water look like it’s really moving.
Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings and Bronzes by Frederic Remington Lent by the George F. Harding Museum , June 21–Oct. 10, 1969, as Captain Roger's Rangers Aiding the Escape of a Wounded British Officer .
Peter H. Hassrick, et al., Frederick Remington Catalogue Raisonné , accessed May 5, 2020, http://remington.centerofthewest.org , cat. 02526.
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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