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Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe Home Artists Exhibitions Inventory Publications Gallery Info

Charles Marion Russell    (American, 1864-1926)

 Charles Marion Russell - Bighorn Sheep - Winner Take All (Works on Paper (Drawings, Watercolors etc.)) h: 10 x w: 7 in / h: 25.4 x w: 17.8 cm
Charles Marion Russell
Bighorn Sheep - Winner Take All 1904
 
 Charles Marion Russell - Navajo Lookout (Works on Paper (Drawings, Watercolors etc.)) h: 14.5 x w: 21.2 in / h: 36.8 x w: 53.8 cm
Charles Marion Russell
Navajo Lookout
 
 

Biography
Born St. Louis, Missouri
Moved Helena, Montana
First sketch published Harper's Weekly
Spent winter with the primitive Blood Indians Canada
Married Nancy Cooper and moved to Great Falls
Cast his first bronzes Roman Bronze Works, New York
Published "Pen Sketches", prints of cowboy life
Went to promote first eastern art exhibition New York, NY
Exhibited at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Seattle, WA
First one-man show at the Folsom Gallery New York, NY
Mural commission by State of Montana Montana House of Representatives
Successful show at Dore Galleries London, England
Died of a heart attack

Exhibitions
1980 The Art of the West, The Denver Art Museum Denver, CO
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