Studies of Western Life
Charles Marion Russell the artist arrived on the cultural scene at a time when the wild west was being chronicled and sold back to the public in many forms, ranging from the dime novel to the wild west show and soon evolved into motion picture shorts and features of the silent era, the westerns that have become a movie staple.
In 1890 Russell published a 20-page book "Studies of Western Life" consisting of of wild west sketches each with a short paragraph description of the scene depicted.
About the author:
Charles Marion Russell (1864 – 1926), also known as C. M. Russell, Charlie Russell, and "Kid" Russell, was an artist of the Old American West. Russell created more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Indians, and landscapes set in the Western United States and in Alberta, Canada, in addition to bronze sculptures. Known as 'the cowboy artist', Russell was also a storyteller and author. The C. M. Russell Museum Complex located in Great Falls, Montana, houses more than 2,000 Russell artworks, personal objects, and artifacts. Other major collections are held at the Montana Historical Society in Helena, Montana, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas, and the Sid Richardson Museum in Fort Worth, Texas.
Russell's mural titled Lewis and Clark Meeting the Flathead Indians hangs in the state capitol building in Helena, Montana. Russell's 1918 painting Piegans sold for $5.6 million at a 2005 auction.
Contents:
WAR.
ROPING A WOLF.
HANDS UP.
CLOSE QUARTERS.
THE FORD.
HEARD SOMETHING DROP.
THE AMERICAN BUFFALO.
LINE RIDER AND DRIFTING.
THE HORSE WRANGLER.
"BRONCHO BUSTING."
"DRIVING IN."
"COW PUNCHER."
"OUT FOR MISCHIEF"
"TRAILING DEER."
"IN CAMP."
"MOVING CAMP."
"INDIAN GRAVE."
"INTERIOR OF TEPEE."
THE SENTINEL.
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In 1890 Russell published a 20-page book "Studies of Western Life" consisting of of wild west sketches each with a short paragraph description of the scene depicted.
About the author:
Charles Marion Russell (1864 – 1926), also known as C. M. Russell, Charlie Russell, and "Kid" Russell, was an artist of the Old American West. Russell created more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Indians, and landscapes set in the Western United States and in Alberta, Canada, in addition to bronze sculptures. Known as 'the cowboy artist', Russell was also a storyteller and author. The C. M. Russell Museum Complex located in Great Falls, Montana, houses more than 2,000 Russell artworks, personal objects, and artifacts. Other major collections are held at the Montana Historical Society in Helena, Montana, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas, and the Sid Richardson Museum in Fort Worth, Texas.
Russell's mural titled Lewis and Clark Meeting the Flathead Indians hangs in the state capitol building in Helena, Montana. Russell's 1918 painting Piegans sold for $5.6 million at a 2005 auction.
Contents:
WAR.
ROPING A WOLF.
HANDS UP.
CLOSE QUARTERS.
THE FORD.
HEARD SOMETHING DROP.
THE AMERICAN BUFFALO.
LINE RIDER AND DRIFTING.
THE HORSE WRANGLER.
"BRONCHO BUSTING."
"DRIVING IN."
"COW PUNCHER."
"OUT FOR MISCHIEF"
"TRAILING DEER."
"IN CAMP."
"MOVING CAMP."
"INDIAN GRAVE."
"INTERIOR OF TEPEE."
THE SENTINEL.
Studies of Western Life
Charles Marion Russell the artist arrived on the cultural scene at a time when the wild west was being chronicled and sold back to the public in many forms, ranging from the dime novel to the wild west show and soon evolved into motion picture shorts and features of the silent era, the westerns that have become a movie staple.
In 1890 Russell published a 20-page book "Studies of Western Life" consisting of of wild west sketches each with a short paragraph description of the scene depicted.
About the author:
Charles Marion Russell (1864 – 1926), also known as C. M. Russell, Charlie Russell, and "Kid" Russell, was an artist of the Old American West. Russell created more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Indians, and landscapes set in the Western United States and in Alberta, Canada, in addition to bronze sculptures. Known as 'the cowboy artist', Russell was also a storyteller and author. The C. M. Russell Museum Complex located in Great Falls, Montana, houses more than 2,000 Russell artworks, personal objects, and artifacts. Other major collections are held at the Montana Historical Society in Helena, Montana, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas, and the Sid Richardson Museum in Fort Worth, Texas.
Russell's mural titled Lewis and Clark Meeting the Flathead Indians hangs in the state capitol building in Helena, Montana. Russell's 1918 painting Piegans sold for $5.6 million at a 2005 auction.
Contents:
WAR.
ROPING A WOLF.
HANDS UP.
CLOSE QUARTERS.
THE FORD.
HEARD SOMETHING DROP.
THE AMERICAN BUFFALO.
LINE RIDER AND DRIFTING.
THE HORSE WRANGLER.
"BRONCHO BUSTING."
"DRIVING IN."
"COW PUNCHER."
"OUT FOR MISCHIEF"
"TRAILING DEER."
"IN CAMP."
"MOVING CAMP."
"INDIAN GRAVE."
"INTERIOR OF TEPEE."
THE SENTINEL.
In 1890 Russell published a 20-page book "Studies of Western Life" consisting of of wild west sketches each with a short paragraph description of the scene depicted.
About the author:
Charles Marion Russell (1864 – 1926), also known as C. M. Russell, Charlie Russell, and "Kid" Russell, was an artist of the Old American West. Russell created more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Indians, and landscapes set in the Western United States and in Alberta, Canada, in addition to bronze sculptures. Known as 'the cowboy artist', Russell was also a storyteller and author. The C. M. Russell Museum Complex located in Great Falls, Montana, houses more than 2,000 Russell artworks, personal objects, and artifacts. Other major collections are held at the Montana Historical Society in Helena, Montana, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas, and the Sid Richardson Museum in Fort Worth, Texas.
Russell's mural titled Lewis and Clark Meeting the Flathead Indians hangs in the state capitol building in Helena, Montana. Russell's 1918 painting Piegans sold for $5.6 million at a 2005 auction.
Contents:
WAR.
ROPING A WOLF.
HANDS UP.
CLOSE QUARTERS.
THE FORD.
HEARD SOMETHING DROP.
THE AMERICAN BUFFALO.
LINE RIDER AND DRIFTING.
THE HORSE WRANGLER.
"BRONCHO BUSTING."
"DRIVING IN."
"COW PUNCHER."
"OUT FOR MISCHIEF"
"TRAILING DEER."
"IN CAMP."
"MOVING CAMP."
"INDIAN GRAVE."
"INTERIOR OF TEPEE."
THE SENTINEL.
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| BN ID: | 2940186595359 |
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| Publisher: | Far West Travel Adventure |
| Publication date: | 09/04/2022 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 2 MB |
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