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Charlie Russell's Old West

Explore Russell's art and life as he witnessed the end of the Wild West open range.

About Charlie Russell's Old West

No one played a larger role in mythologizing the cowboy’s place in American culture than Charles M. Russell. Explore his art and life as he witnessed and documented the end of the Wild West open range, and America entered the 20th Century.

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