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Charles M. Russell;: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture in the Amon Carter Museum

Charles M. Russell;: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture in the Amon Carter Museum

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Many artists have seen history in the making but few have recorded that history with the inspiration, fidelity, and wealth of material that Charles Marion Russell has left us in oils, watercolor, and bronze. His canvas was the sweep of a thousand miles of prairie and sky, back-dropped by the mighty Rockies, traversed by the. Missouri and Yellowstone, and peopled by a dozen tribes of wild Indians only a generation or two from the Stone Age when he arrived in Montana. 

Russell saw the last of the mountain men and gold seekers. He heard the bawling longhorns coming up the trail from Texas, the beginning of a vast ranching industry was to unfold before his eyes. Eventually he saw both the Indian's and the cowman's "trails plowed under" as hordes of land-hungry settlers poured in from the East. 

Russell's paintings and sculpture have a universal appeal to our eyes and emotions. Youngsters of all ages have had their blood stirred by the flashing action of Russell's art - the clash of Indian war parties, the cowboys on their wildly pitching broncos. Old-timers observing Russell's paintings note with satisfaction that every detail is 'right', from bead-work design that identifies the Indian's tribe, to the make of the saddle that tells them where the cowboy hails from. Historians relay on Russell's paintings fro the way the Indian looked and dressed in that period. Naturalists consider. him one of the world's pre-eminent sculptors of wild animals. 

Nearly 250 illustrations, of which 80 are in full color, include paintings, sculpture, drawings, and memorabilia. A detailed commentary accompanies each work of art. Fully indexed, the volume also contains a list of exhibitions, a selected bibliography, and a colourful introduction by Ruth Carter Johnson, Amon Carter's daughter, describing her father's role in Russell's career and the formation of his great Russell collection. this is a book for everyone interested in art, in the West, and in the building of America.

248 illustrations, including 80 plates in full color

Author(s): Frederic Gordon. Amon Carter Museum Of Western Art Renner
Publication year: 1974
Publication date: 1974-01-01
Pages: 296
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Condition: Great Used Condition
ISBN: 0810904667
Dimensions: 13.5 x 1.5 x 12.5 in
Weight: 5.55 lb View full details