MORE PHOTOS OF THIS WORK
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STORY -

Summer is a great time to explore the art spread across the Ada community – especially for viewers unable to visit art galleries elsewhere in Ohio.

As a weekly series, The Icon will feature the art located on The Remington Walk on the Ohio Northern University campus. For some viewers, this series is familiar. For others, it may be a first-time experience. 

Either way, it’s an opportunity to take a walk and view some art that is uniquely Ada. The Walk is spread through campus and may be viewed by following the ONU walking path, beginning near Affinity Village, west of The Freed Center.

The information about the Remington Walk is provided by ONU.

This week’s feature
End of the trail - 1915

Although this sculpture is one of the most recognized symbols of the American West it is often erroneously attributed to Remington. 

The artist is James Fraser, 1876-1953. He was born in Winona, Minn., and moved in 1880 to the Dakotas where he began his love of the West.

Unlike Remington and Russell who were largely self-taught, at age 22 he went to Paris to study under master sculptors.

He worked with his wife, Laura, to create many of his works of art. When he died he was recognized as one of America’s foremost western sculptors.

This haunting depiction of journey’s end by horse and Native American Indian was created as an 18-foot plaster sculpture for the 1915 San Francisco Panama-Pacific International Exposition and received the Gold Medal for sculpture.

It was intentionally placed at this place in The Remington Walk to have the woods behind it and the setting western sun before it.

Click here for the previous feature in this series.