"Devoe & Reynolds Advertisement" Lot no. 797
By Remington Schuyler (American, 1884-1955)
1925 (Estimated)
28.50" x 28.50"
Oil on Canvas
Unsigned
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Schuyler, an expert with Indian lore who painted, wrote and lectured on their native culture, appropriately chose and painted this symbol as the trademark for Devoe & Raynolds Co., one of the oldest major paint manufacturers in the U.S. On stretcher bar verso is painted: “Painted August 1925 Remington Schuyler”
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Remington Schuyler was an expert on Native American Indian lore, lecturing, painting and writing extensively on the subject. He was active for over thirty years in the Boy Scouts, wrote some of the Merit Badge requirements, illustrated for Boys’ Life magazine and served in volunteer roles from Scout Master to Vice President of Council. He also illustrated many books, including Daniel Boone, Wilderness Scout by Stewart Edward White, Indian Hunting Grounds and Great White Buffalo. Other illustrations were published in Life, St. Nicholas, and The Century magazines.
Resourceful and self-reliant during the Depression years, he painted many covers for pulp magazines, did some WPA murals and sometimes bartered his paintings for haircuts, meals and dental work.
Schuyler, who was related through his mother to Frederic Remington, was a student of art at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, the Art Students League with Bridgman, the Académie Julian in Paris and, briefly, with Howard Pyle. In addition to his illustrating, he was active in local theatre in Pelham Manor, N.Y. and Westport, Connecticut. He taught six years as Artist-in-Residence and Associate Professor at Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Missouri.