Skip to main contentDescriptionSow grizzly bear walks towards foreground in mountainous landscape, her two cubs in front of her and to the right. Three bears depicted.Bibliography
On the Homeward Trail (The Family)
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius,
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1930
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensionsimage (27 x 35 1/4): 27 x 35 1/4 in. (68.6 x 89.5 cm)
frame: 35 1/2 x 43 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (90.2 x 110.5 x 8.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Lynn and Foster Friess, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW2025.001
ClassificationsPainting
Categorywildlife
SignedCarl Rungius 1930
Inscribed" 'On the Homeward Trail.' Painted for Mrs. Earle E. Bessey by Carl Rungius 1929-1930"
ProvenanceThe artist; to Mrs. Earle B. Bessey; P.A.B. Widener; P.A.B. Widener Estate; to (Coeur d'Alene Art Auction, Reno, Nevada), July 22, 2006; to Lynn and Foster Friess; to National Museum of Wildlife Art, by gift, 2024.
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