To Endure in Bronze

The permanence of bronze, from antiquity to the present, has long promised artistic immortality. As Frederic Remington declared in 1895, “My oils will all get old and watery – that is they will look like stale molasses in time – my watercolors will fade – but I am to endure in bronze … I am going to rattle down through all the ages.” 

It is not hard to argue that Remington’s artistic legacy is assured in large part to the enduring nature of his bronzes.

Taking Remington’s words and works as inspiration, To Endure in Bronze presents bronze sculpture from the museum’s permanent collection. The exhibition provides an opportunity to showcase works by many of the most important American sculptors of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.