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Grizzly Gallery

Art featuring the iconic bear

. . . a small collection of paintings of grizzly bears by contemporary as well as traditional Western artists:

Price of his Hide

Charles M. Russell (1864–1926)

Wounded Grizzly Bear Hunter

Oil on canvas, 1915
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
1961.210.

Bear Series #73: Blonde Bear and Mother

© Nancy N. Erickson

photo of modern colored sketch of dark mature grizzly with blonde cub: Blonde Bear and Mother

Oil paintsticks on archival paper
Reproduced by permission of the artist.

Great Bear

Monte Dolack, © 1991

modern painting of a large grizzly bear

Acrylic and mixed media painting
Reproduced by permission of the artist.

Loops and Swift Horses Are Surer than Lead

Charles M. Russell

Cowboys Roping a Grizzly

Oil on canvas, 1916
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
1961.180
1961.210.

The Bluffers

Charles M. Russell

photo: The Bluffers bronze, a grizzly facing off with a bison bull

Bronze, estate cast, c. 1924
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
1961.94.

 

All images are copyrighted by the artists, or by museums and galleries holding reproduction rights, and are presented here by special arrangement. None of the images may be copied from this page for any purpose without permission of the copyright holder.

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