Essays

<< “The House that Charlie Built…” “Russell’s Studio Practice: The Flood Collection” >> By Alison FieldsIntroductionHistorian Brian Dippie’s opening essay in the comprehensive Charles M. Russell: A Catalogue Raisonné, published in 2007, disrupts an...

<< “As Close to ‘Mother Nature’ as Possible” “The House that Charlie Built...” >> By Ken SievertIntroductionIt was a privilege to be asked to develop and oversee a plan for protecting and preserving the Charles M. Russell House and Studio National Historic...

<< Essays “Architecture of Place...” >> By Emily Crawford WilsonPlanning for a Memorial On July 4, 1930, the Charles M. Russell Memorial opened out of the original studio cabin on Fourth Avenue North in Great Falls, Montana; over the course of the weekend,...

<< “Architecture of Place…” “At Home and in the Studio...” >> By Hipólito Rafael ChacónWhen considering Charlie Russell’s relationship to architecture, two primary categories emerge that reveal much about the man and his artistic vision. First, there were...

<< “At Home and in the Studio...” “Looks Back” >> By Jodie UtterIntroduction Charles Russell was a prolific artist; he painted in oil and watercolor, sculpted in wax, plaster and clay and he drew numerous sketches, creating thousands of finished pieces and...

<< “Russell’s Studio Practice: The Flood Collection” 3D Tours >> By Mandy Smoker Broaddus  . . . Once when I stoodon a plateau of earth just at the moment before the dangerousjutting peaks converged upon the lilting sway of grasslands, I almostfound a...