Skip to main contentDescriptionThe bull moose is the largest standing in the center of the painting with a smaller one behind him to his right. The two look off into the distance at another moose barely visible on the left side of the painting. A stream runs down the center of the painting and mist fills the back right side. The ground is green and grassy. Three moose total.Curatorial Remarks
The Rivals
Alternate Title(s)
- Defiance
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1925
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 30 x 45 in. (76.2 x 114.3 cm)
frame: 34 9/16 x 49 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (87.8 x 125.1 x 6.4 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM1987.100
ClassificationsPainting
Signed?
1
Region
Categorywildlife
On View
Not on viewPhotograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow, PA-1875-150.
Compare Rungius Studio Photograph to photo of painting today -- differences in main bull moose.
Compare Rungius Studio Photograph to photo of painting today -- differences in main bull moose.