Growing up in Missouri, he drew sketches and made clay figures of animals. Russell's 1918 painting Piegans sold for $5.6 million at a 2005 auction.Īrt was always a part of Russell's life. Russell's mural titled Lewis and Clark Meeting the Flathead Indians hangs in the state capitol building in Helena, Montana. Russell Museum Complex located in Great Falls, Montana houses more than 2,000 Russell artworks, personal objects, and artifacts. Known as 'the cowboy artist', Russell was also a storyteller and author. 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. Russell, Charlie Russell, and 'Kid' Russell, was an artist of the Old American West. The surface of this bronze is dark from the casting process.Ĭharles Marion Russell (MaOctober 24, 1926), also known as C. It has been said that it may be one of the best bucking horses done during that era. The Bronco Twister is Charles Russell's most famous bronze piece. This insures a quality bronze sculpture that may be passed down from generation to generation. This bronze statue by Charles Russell is handmade and cast in the traditional Lost Wax Casting Process. Russell signature is on the base From an estate in Ft. In very good overall condition given estimated age is 1930's. The casting is done in rough, but the detail is very good and one can actually see the detail in the Cowboy's spur wheel on the boot shown in the snap. 24' high by 19 inches across and weighs approximately 48 pounds. Charles Russell (1864-1926) Bronze-'Bronco Buster'.

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