Charles Marion Russell - Hardcover
Charlie Russell was born in Oak Hill, Missouri in 1864 and would be recognised as one of the great artists of the American West. He disliked school and dreamed of going west. For his sixteenth birthday, his wish came true when he went to Montana to work first on a sheep ranch, then for a mountain man, and then as a night wrangler for the Judith Basin Roundup, a job he was to keep for 11 years.The job gave him time to observe the cowboys at work during the day, and to sketch and document all the activities and excitement of the cow camp. Before long, he became known as a talented artist. In 1888, he had the opportunity to spend time with the Blood Indians in Alberta, Canada. This experience affected him deeply, giving him an insight into the life of the Native Americans that shines through the many detailed works he created of Plains Indians. Early in his career, he started adding a buffalo skull as his "mark," something he would later copy-right. In 1896, he married Nancy and soon they moved to neighboring Great Falls, where Russell would spend most of the rest of his life. Nancy's organisational and sales skills helped make him an internationally known artist.Charlie was the first "Western" artist to live the majority of his life in the west and so to know his subject matter intimately.He completed some 4,000 works of art during his lifetime, including letters to friends that were works of art themselves-some of which are published in this book. He died in 1926.In this large-format book, Judith Millidge provides a showcase for around 200 of Russell's paintings, sculptures, letters and other works of art.
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- PublisherCompendium Publishing
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1906347166
- ISBN 13 9781906347161
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages224
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