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Artists in 60 Seconds: Charles Marion Russell

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Movement, Style, School or Type of Art:

Realism, U.S. Western

Date and Place of Birth:

March 19, 1864, St. Louis, Missouri

Life:

Charlie Russell was the "other" artist (besides Frederic Remington) who chronicled life in the Wild West. Unlike Remington, Russell settled permanently in the west (Montana) and wholeheartedly embraced everything life there had to offer. He was a "real" cowboy, lived with a mountain man and was an adopted brother of the Blackfoot tribe. His oils, watercolors and bronzes reflect an intimate knowledge of his subjects, and no one was more surprised than he when they began fetching high prices.

Important Works:

  • The Buffalo Hunt, 1901
  • Bucking Bronco, 1905
  • In Without Knocking, 1909
  • Salute to the Robe Trade, 1920

Date and Place of Death:

October 24, 1926, Great Falls, Montana

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