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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Marion Russell has received more than 746,529 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Charles Marion Russell is the 1,980th most popular painter (down from 1,644th in 2019), the 12,005th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,729th in 2019) and the 148th most popular American Painter.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Charles Marion Russell ranks 1,980 out of 2,023. Before him are John Crome, Arthur Streeton, Vajiha Samadova, Maggie Laubser, John Sell Cotman, and Eugene J. Martin. After him are Louise Rayner, Thomas Hill, Chéri Samba, Stephen Wiltshire, Tom Roberts, and Jacob Lawrence.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Charles Marion Russell ranks 174. Before him are Antonín Sova, W. H. R. Rivers, Frank Chapman, Jakob Jakobsen, Oscar Baumann, and George Nichols. After him are Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet, James Mitchel, and Jessie Ralph. Among people deceased in 1926, Charles Marion Russell ranks 121. Before him are René Boylesve, Bernard Pyne Grenfell, Wesley Coe, Charles Avery, Ronald Firbank, and Annie Speirs. After him are Sidney Lee, Tom Forman, Alton B. Parker, and John W. Weeks.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Marion Russell ranks 12,005 out of 20,380. Before him are Lucky Thompson (1924), Tyler Hamilton (1971), Natasha Gregson Wagner (1970), Hayley Williams (1988), Philip Francis Thomas (1810), and Aaron Burckhard (1963). After him are Dennis Chambers (1959), Brenda Helser (1924), Jeremy Sisto (1974), Mike Epps (1970), Frank Havens (1924), and Fontella Bass (1940).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Charles Marion Russell ranks 148. Before him are Thomas Dewing (1851), Samuel Colman (1832), Rembrandt Peale (1778), Gertrude Abercrombie (1909), Kari Byron (1974), and Eugene J. Martin (1938). After him are Jacob Lawrence (1917), George Peter Alexander Healy (1813), Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859), Eastman Johnson (1824), Robert S. Duncanson (1821), and Lauren Faust (1974).

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