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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 698,463 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Charles Marion Russell is the 1,647th most popular painter (down from 185th in 2019), the 8,747th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,554th in 2019) and the 117th most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Charles Marion Russell ranks 1,647 out of 1,421Before him are Erik Pevernagie, Gerald Scarfe, Benjamin Wilson, John Henry Twachtman, Augustus John, and William Beechey. After him are Albert Pinkham Ryder, Eugene J. Martin, Sidney Nolan, Charles Hamilton Smith, Thomas Dewing, and Derek Riggs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Charles Marion Russell ranks 152Before him are George Nichols, Elinor Glyn, Edwin Hedley, Alexandre Levy, Antonín Sova, and Rukhmabai. After him are Emil Kellenberger, Frank Chapman, Frances Benjamin Johnston, Anna Haava, Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet, and Banjo Paterson. Among people deceased in 1926, Charles Marion Russell ranks 108Before him are Anatole Le Braz, Albert Corey, Emily Hobhouse, Helen Allingham, René Boylesve, and Kristján Jónsson. After him are Olle Lanner, Bernard Pyne Grenfell, Patrick Leahy, Wesley Coe, Tom Forman, and Ronald Firbank.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Marion Russell ranks 8,747 out of 18,182Before him are Denton Cooley (1920), Debby Ryan (1993), Chris von Saltza (1944), George J. Mitchell (1933), Chloe Webb (1956), and Eldridge Cleaver (1935). After him are Ellen Greene (1951), John Sebastian (1944), Allen Collins (1952), Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847), Peter Segal (1962), and Margaret Woodrow Wilson (1886).

Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Charles Marion Russell ranks 117Before him are John Sloan (1871), Stuart Davis (1892), Robert Reid (1862), Edward Henry Potthast (1857), Milt Kahl (1909), and John Henry Twachtman (1853). After him are Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847), Eugene J. Martin (1938), Thomas Dewing (1851), Cecilia Beaux (1855), J. Alden Weir (1852), and N. C. Wyeth (1882).