Charles Marion Russell (1865-1926) won fame as the "cowboy artist" for his paintings and sculptures depicting the Old West.
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Born in St. Louis, he came to Montana at 16 as a cowboy. During the 1890s he began painting American Indians, frontiersmen, cowboys and animals, and his works became popular.Russell did a painting of explorers Lewis and Clark for the Montana House of Representatives, and one of his statues is displayed in the United States Capitol.