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Charles Marion Russell

Charles Marion Russell (1864 - 1926) was active/lived in Montana, California, Missouri.  Charles Russell is known for Indian-frontier genre painting, sculpture.

Charles M. Russell (1864-1926)
Excerpt from The American West Reimagined (2021)
By Dr. Larry Len Peterson

Charles M. Russell, the nostalgic, held tight memories of a youthful past when the West belonged to God. There was a sense of loss, as poignant as losing a loved one. The specter of what this loss meant loomed over Russell the rest of his life. He was the quintessential nostalgic who grabbed history and married it to idealized memory and imagination. For example, despite Russell never witnessing a buffalo hunt, it became the basis for his most popular and desired art. Nancy Russell explained, “No man can be a painter without imagination.” The Romantic art of the nineteenth century was the cornerstone to build the West reimagined for not only Russell, but also his contemporaries and future artists.

No Western American artist fought back harder against racism, sexism, and championed environmentalism more than did Charles M. Russell. He thrived on imagining   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 35043 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Artist artworks for sale and wanted

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Research resources

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