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Charles Marion Russell

1864 - 1926

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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 American Old West. He created more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Native Americans, and landscapes set in the western United States and in Alberta, Canada, in addition to bronze sculptures. He is known as "the cowboy artist" and was also a storyteller and author. He became an advocate for Native Americans in the west, supporting the bid by landless Chippewa to have a reservation established for them in Montana. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Marion Russell is the 1,976th most popular painter (up from 1,981st in 2019), the 12,113th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,013th in 2019) and the 142nd most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Charles Marion Russell ranks 1,976 out of 2,023. Before him are El Kazovsky, Mike Kelley, Howard Hodgkin, Arthur Streeton, Laura Muntz Lyall, and Hablot Knight Browne. After him are Arthur Wesley Dow, John Sell Cotman, Vajiha Samadova, George Luks, Ghada Amer, and John Crome.

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Among people born in 1864, Charles Marion Russell ranks 174. Before him are Alfred John Keene, Antonín Sova, Oscar Baumann, Tully Marshall, Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet, and Jakob Jakobsen. After him are W. H. R. Rivers, James Mitchel, and Jessie Ralph. Among people deceased in 1926, Charles Marion Russell ranks 120. Before him are Charles Montagu Doughty, Emily Hobhouse, Bernard Pyne Grenfell, Sidney Lee, Patrick Leahy, and Annie Speirs. After him are Wesley Coe, Tom Forman, Ronald Firbank, Alton B. Parker, and John W. Weeks.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Marion Russell ranks 12,115 out of 20,380. Before him are Lisa Fischer (1958), Eddie Griffin (1968), Ken Berry (1933), Fidel LaBarba (1905), Louis A. Johnson (1891), and Robert Duncan McNeill (1964). After him are Horace Elgin Dodge (1868), Larry Charles (1956), Danny Pino (1974), Lee Tergesen (1965), Rory Cochrane (1972), and Alan Reed (1907).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Charles Marion Russell ranks 142. Before him are J. Alden Weir (1852), Rembrandt Peale (1778), Thomas Dewing (1851), Eugene J. Martin (1938), Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859), and Mike Kelley (1954). After him are Arthur Wesley Dow (1857), George Luks (1867), Gertrude Abercrombie (1909), Wayne Thiebaud (1920), Edwin Lord Weeks (1849), and Worthington Whittredge (1820).

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