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1864 St. Louis, Missouri - 1926 Great Falls, Montana. 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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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