|
Post by Diane Merkel on Jan 7, 2014 19:03:25 GMT -5
"The Death Song of Lone Wolf" by Charles Russell is at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. I have received an inquiry about the subject of the painting. My understanding is that Lone Wolf is the artist's interpretation of a warrior singing his death song. Has anyone found evidence that the painting is based on an actual person? Link to painting: www.flickr.com/photos/91590072@N04/11199374126/The man at the left of the painting, running alongside a horse, is likely of the Crow or Assiniboine tribes. The shield in the forefront with a thunderbird above a four-pointed form has been identified and belonged to a man called Swift Dog (1834-1925).
Source: www.artsconnected.org/resource/146642/the-death-song-of-lone-wolf-gallery-label-current Thank you! Diane
|
|
|
Post by janemack on Jan 14, 2014 8:12:45 GMT -5
"The Death Song of Lone Wolf" by Charles Russell is at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. I have received an inquiry about the subject of the painting. My understanding is that Lone Wolf is the artist's interpretation of a warrior singing his death song. Has anyone found evidence that the painting is based on an actual person? Link to painting: www.flickr.com/photos/91590072@N04/11199374126/The man at the left of the painting, running alongside a horse, is likely of the Crow or Assiniboine tribes. The shield in the forefront with a thunderbird above a four-pointed form has been identified and belonged to a man called Swift Dog (1834-1925).
Source: www.artsconnected.org/resource/146642/the-death-song-of-lone-wolf-gallery-label-current Thank you! Diane
|
|
|
Post by janemack on Jan 14, 2014 8:15:41 GMT -5
Diane: I have not gotten any closer to finding out if this is a real person -Lone Wolf - even after a conversation with the Russell Museum in Great Falls. Swift Dog and his shield are the only pieces that can be verified. It is a puzzle or perhaps I'm just being too literal.
|
|