Remington Schuyler

Remington Schuyler (1884–1955) was an American painter, illustrator and writer during the forward to mid twentieth century. He was born in Buffalo, New York and was named after Frederic Remington, a distant cousin of his mother and an accomplished artist from the period.

After graduating from high school Schuyler went upon to psychiatry at Washington University. He went upon to receive scholarships to the National Academy in Rome and the Académie Julian in Paris after which he spent mature studying at the Art Students League in New York in the same way as the influential draftsman, George Bridgman. In 1906 Schuyler studied when Howard Pyle in Wilmington, Delaware. Thanks to his connection with Howard Pyle, Schuyler landed his first published illustration on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post, which he was soon operational regularly for it along with Pearson's and Munsey's Magazine

In 1916 Schuyler moved to 76 Huguenot Street in New Rochelle, New York, a prestigious performer community past neighbors such as J. C. Leyendecker, and Norman Rockwell. New Rochelle was next the home of his recently deceased namesake, Frederic Remington.

After the Great war, and through the 1920s, Schuyler worked steadily put it on interior illustrations for Life, St. Nicholas and Century magazines. He moreover painted cover illustrations for pulp magazines, such as Frontier Stories, Short Stories, West and Wild West Weekly.

Schuyler did illustrations for Boys' Life and the Boy Scout Handbook as part of his thirty years promote as a volunteer for the Boy Scouts. Other books illustrated by Schuyler included Daniel Boone, Wilderness Scout by Stewart Edward White, Indian Hunting Grounds and Great White Buffalo. He then was lively as a mural painter and was editor of the Architectural Record for a period. During the Depression years, he painted many covers for pulp magazines and worked as a muralist for the WPA artist's program in Connecticut.

After the fade away of the pulp era, Schuyler moved back to his birth state, Missouri, and taught art at Missouri Valley College. He died in 1955 at the age of 71.