Stampede!

In the tradition of his artistic predecessor George Catlin, Charles M. Russell’s oil on canvas The Buffalo Hunt (1900) exemplifies the Western artist’s masterful ability to paint Native life in Montana. For more on Russell’s life in Montana, see On the Trail of Charlie Russell.

Gift of the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1955, Courtesy the Gilcrease Museum, no. 01.2243

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