APACHE MEDICINE SONG BY FREDERIC REMINGTON
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Frederic Remington Apache Medicine Song 1908 Oil on canvas 27 1/8 inches x 29 7/8 inches |
| In Apache Medicine Song the campfire's glow provides orange highlights in a sea of greens and browns, while deep shadows fringe the picture. Although theirs is a religious rite, the flickering light playing over the faces of the chanting warriors distorts their features with a demonlike, chilling effect as if they are about to cast an evil spell. As an illustrator, Remington had always been attracted to campfire scenes, but it was in his late, impressionistic phase that he fully realized the dramatic potential of firelight. This effect was only one of several that Remington perfected in the burst of creative energy that marked the last years of his life. |