To get a grip on reality . . .

Today is the birthday of Alberto Giacometti (October 10, 1901 – January 11, 1966), sculptor, painter, draftsman, and printmaker. He is best known for his sculptures of thin, elongated human figures.


"That's the terrible thing: the more one works on a picture, the more impossible it becomes to finish it." - Alberto Giacometti

"It is impossible to do a thing the way I see it because the closer I get the more differently I see." - Alberto Giacometti

"I paint and sculpt to get a grip on reality . . . to protect myself." - Alberto Giacometti

To record facts around me . . .

Today is the birthday of Frederic Sackrider Remington (October 4, 1861 - December 26, 1909), painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in depictions of the Old American West.

The Scout: Friends or Foes

Frederic Remington

Oil on canvas (c. 1900-05)

68.6 x 101.6 cm

(27 x 40 in.)

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

Williamstown, Massachusetts

"Art is a she-devil of a mistress, and if at times in earlier days she would not even stoop to my way of thinking, I have persevered and will so continue." - Frederic Remington


"I knew the wild riders and the vacant land were about to vanish forever... and the more I considered the subject, the bigger the forever loomed. Without knowing how to do it, I began to record some facts around me, and the more I looked the more the panorama unfolded." - Frederic Remington

Remington painting image source (1)