The Resume

(March 19, 1864-October 24, 1926)
Born in St. Louis, Missouri
Also known as 'Kid' Russell and 'The Cowboy Artist'
Created more than 2,000 paintings and sculptures on the American Old West
Paintings include 'For Supremacy' (1895), 'Indian Women Moving Camp' (1898), 'Buccaroos' (1902), 'Bronc to Breakfast' (1908), 'Smoke of a .45' (1908), 'In Without Knocking' (1909), 'Lewis and Clark Meeting the Flathead Indians' (1912), 'Wild Horse Hunters' (1913), 'When the Land Belonged to God' (1914), 'Piegans' (1918), and 'Laugh Kills Lonesome' (1925)
Wrote 'Rawhide Rawlins Stories' (1921)
Sculptures include 'Meat for Wild Men' (1924) and 'Mountain Mother' (1924)
Died in Great Falls, Montana

Why he might be annoying:

He was hard to control as a child, so his parents sent him to military school.
He left school to work on a sheep ranch at the age of 16. (1880)
His wife was 14 years younger than him.
He depicted most white women as non-sensual and Native American women as sensual.
Many of his wax sculptures are deteriorating because of changes done to them after his death.

Why he might not be annoying:

Many of his works depict events from a Native American standpoint.
His paintings also imply his keen observation of the social undercurrents of the Wild West and the clothing and equipment of cowboys and Native Americans.
His career as a painter was so successful that even a single small painting by him was worth over $10,000.
Despite his international fame, he continued to identify with the common people, favoring his friendship over his skills as an artist.
'Lewis and Clark Meeting the Flathead Indians' currently hangs in the state capitol of Helena, Montana.

Credit: Big Lenny

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 19th Century Painters
• 20th Century Painters
• Big Lenny's Profiles [Series 05]
• I Did Not Graduate High School [N-S]
• I Died in 1926 (Ranked: 62)
• Look at Me, I Got My Hands on My Hips
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Cowboy Hat
• Look at Me, I've Been Caught Smoking
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• My Spouse is at Least Ten Years Younger than Me
• National Statuary Hall Collection at the US Capitol (Ranked: 26)
• Painters
• Profiles 38001-38250 (Ranked: 38207)
• Sculptors

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 27 Votes: 40.74% Annoying