The Buffalo Hunt by Charles M. Russell (1899)

 

Charles Marion Russell lived the life he painted. He arrived in Montana at age 16 in 1880, worked as a cowboy, sheepherder, and wrangler, and immersed himself in the open-range ranching culture, Native American life, and rugged landscapes of the northern plains. Self-taught and deeply authentic, Russell produced over 4,000 works, including:

The Buffalo Hunt by Charles M. Russell (1899). Native American hunters on horseback pursue bison in a high-action chase.

Essential for portraying traditional Indigenous lifeways and the centrality of the buffalo to Plains cultures.

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