This is an examination of the sculpture in bronze, plaster and painted wax of Charles M. Russell. The author identifies the 46 sculptures unfinished at Russell's death in 1926, and provides an overview of his early work in clay, wax and plaster.
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Missouri-born Russell (1864-1926), who settled on the Montana plains, is justly famous as a painter of the American West, yet his boldly expressive sculpture is less well known. This lavishly illustrated study reveals a master of depicting dramatic action, whether the subject is a bronco rider, an Indian buffalo hunt or two rams fighting on the edge of a rocky cliff. Russell's painted plaster portrait busts of Navajo and Blackfeet men and women convey dignity and soulfulness. His powerful bronzes of buffalo, grizzly bears and Rocky Mountain sheep reflect his concern for the preservation of wild species. Besides bronzes, he also made painted wax and plaster models of wildlife, remarkable for their empathy and wealth of detail; comic caricatures of cowboys and drunks; and exquisite miniatures of medieval knights in armor and Saharan camels with their riders. Stewart, a curator at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth (which houses the complete set of Russell's bronzes), provides an informal biographical-critical essay and commentaries on the 425 plates (125 in color).
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
The biography and artistic career of the American Western and nature artist Russell (1864-1926), who recorded a way of life that was fast disappearing, rates only two chapters in this book. Stewart instead highlights what is in many ways of greater interest: the authorized and unauthorized marketing of Russell's commercial art (high-priced casts in the form of tabletop sculpture, bookends, and ash trays) by his wife and business manager Nancy Cooper Russell and others after his death. The Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth houses the only complete collection of sculptures that Russell intended to be cast in bronze, here presented in rich detail by the museum's curator of Western painting and sculpture. The appendixes consist of historical lists that help sort lifetime from posthumous casts. Of particular interest to scholars and researchers who need to document specific sculptures.
Kathleen Eagen Johnson, Historic Hudson Valley, Tarrytown, N.Y.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Kathleen Eagen Johnson, Historic Hudson Valley, Tarrytown, N.Y.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Probably the most well researched book about Charles M. Russell. Even if one is not normally drawn to sculpture, this book could possibly be the one to change your mind. The subjects are varied, inspiring, and beautiful.
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