The Masterworks of Charles M. Russell: A Retrospective of Paintings and Sculpture (Volume 6) (The Charles M. Russell Center Series on Art and Photography of the American West)

ISBN: 0806140976

Author: Troccoli, Joan Carpenter

Condition: New

In the decades bracketing the turn of the twentieth century, Charles M. Russell depicted the American West in a fresh, personal, and deeply moving way. To this day, Russell is celebrated for his paintings and sculptures of cowboys at work and play, his sensitive portrayals of American Indians, and his superlative representations of landscape and wildlife. This handsome book-a companion volume to the acclaimed Charles M. Russell: A Catalogue Raisonné, edited by B. Byron Price-showcases many of the artists best-known works and chronicles the sources and evolution of his style.Here are iconic images that have defined the West in the popular imagination for more than a century. The volume boasts reproductions, most in full color, of more than 150 of Russells finest works in oil, bronze, and mixed media. Select examples of his drawings, watercolors, and illustrated letters as well as archival photographs place Russells paintings and sculpture in historic and artistic context.This sumptuous volume is an essential addition to the library of every aficionado of American western art. In its pages readers will discover the work of a man whose ideal vision of the American experience continues to stir the spirit nearly a century after his death.