charlesmrussell

One of my father's favorites. Quite a western man.

"Charlie Russell completed approximately 4,000 works of art during his lifetime. He was the first "Western" artist to live the majority of his life in the West. For this reason, Charlie knew his subject matter intimately, setting the standard for many western artists to follow. " www.cmrussell.org/meet

I was never attracted to painting as an art form until I saw his work. To this day I can't look at one of his works and not be moved.

Guys, you`re doing a great job! Thank you so much for sharing all this information and photos!!!!

He looks just as I had imagined...

More on Charles M. Russell: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Marion_Russell

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Fairbanks "Douglas Fairbanks (born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman; May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films including The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro but spent the early part of his career making comedies." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Marion_Russell "Charles Marion Russell (March 19, 1864 – October 24, 1926), also known as C. M. Russell, Charlie Russell, and "Kid" Russell, was an American artist of the Old American West. 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." www.cartermuseum.org/artworks/2339 "Research suggests that Russell created a clay model of Fairbanks as D’Artagnan in the summer of 1921, which was turned into plaster and cast as a single bronze for Mary Pickford to present to her husband later that year."

Thanks for the detail @swanq. I've requested the full names (including for the wife).