Skip to main contentDescriptionA herd of elk running away from a fallen bull, over rocks and dead trees against a dark background. Human presence, a hunter, off canvas implied. Six elk total.Curatorial Remarks
The Stampede
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1898
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensionsimage: 26 x 46 in. (66 x 116.8 cm)
frame: 34 x 54 x 3 1/2 in. (86.4 x 137.2 x 8.9 cm)
Credit LinePurchased with Funds Generously Donated by a Consortium of Anonymous Donors
Object numberM2011.037
ClassificationsPainting
Signed
lower right,
C. Rungius
Keyword
Subject
Region
Categorywildlife
On View
On viewReproduced backwards in the Kansas City Journal article on the art in the 1928 Olympics exhibition (Aug 5, 1928). Photo credit is Feragil Galleries.
Manfred Schatz