CHARLES M. RUSSELL
Name: Charles Marion Russell
Born: 1864, Oak Hill, Missouri
Died: 1926, Great Falls, Montana
Charles Marion Russell (1864, Oak Hill, Missouri - 1926, Great Falls, Montana),
also known as C. M. Russell, was one of the great artists of the American West.
Russell created more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Indians, and landscapes
set in the Western United States, in addition to bronze sculptures. The C. M.
Russell Museum in hometown of Great Falls, Montana houses more than 2,000
Russell artworks, personal objects, and artefacts. His mural entitled Lewis and
Clark Meeting the Flathead Indians hangs in the state capitol building in Helena,
Montana. His 1918 painting Piegans sold for $5.6 million dollars at a 2005
auction .
Name: Charles Marion Russell
Born: 1864, Oak Hill, Missouri
Died: 1926, Great Falls, Montana
Charles Marion Russell (1864, Oak Hill, Missouri - 1926, Great Falls, Montana),
also known as C. M. Russell, was one of the great artists of the American West.
Russell created more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Indians, and landscapes
set in the Western United States, in addition to bronze sculptures. The C. M.
Russell Museum in hometown of Great Falls, Montana houses more than 2,000
Russell artworks, personal objects, and artefacts. His mural entitled Lewis and
Clark Meeting the Flathead Indians hangs in the state capitol building in Helena,
Montana. His 1918 painting Piegans sold for $5.6 million dollars at a 2005
auction .