How Did Charlie Russell Become A Cowboy

A troublesome boy, not too fond of school, and he had no regard of following in his family’s trade. Like any young man, he had a dream of a life of adventure and possibilities. He wanted to become a cowboy. He wanted to enter into the “Wild West”, and become a part of it. Who would have thought though, he would do just that? He did not just make it to Montana; and begin his new life as a cowboy, but became known all around the world for his breath taking art.

The Child Born March 19, 1864 in Oak Hill, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, Charles Marion Russell would come into this world as a dreamer. He was fascinated by the “West”, and in that fascination, he would spend days watching solders, fur traders, entrepreneurs, and explorers arriving

Charlie once, at the age of 14, ran away to the wilds of Montana, but later returned home. Charles parents, in anticipation of changing their sons mind, sent Charlie to a military school in New Jersey. He only lasted one semester. His father then decided that if Charlie was to see the Wild West for himself, he would realize how hard it was and decide to carry on the family business and finish school. Charlie then arranged to travel with a friend of the family, Pike Miller, to a Judith Country sheep ranch, which was owned by Jack Waite. Charlie Marion Russell, at the age of 16, set out to become a Montana cowboy and there he remained for the remainder of his

Though not many people in the area wanted paintings and sculptures of Native Americans, Mrs. Russell, who was the promoter and business manager of her husband’s work, began to look for commissions back east. In 1911 he had a one-person exhibition in the Folsom Gallery in New York. This is when his art career took off. He even once sold a painting to the Prince of Wales worth $10,000; the most anyone had spent on any of his paintings.

Russell wasn't only known for his paintings, he was also known as an author, sculptor, and an excellent writer and humorist. Experts consider him to be an excellent sculptor more than painter. He had written many books like "Rawhide Rawlins Stories" and "Trails Plowed Under", which was about tales of Indians and Indian fights and buffalo hunts and the lives of Native Americans on the plains. Russell was well known for paintings which influenced by his respect for the Native Americans, the land, his hate for the fenced plains, and the disappearance of the