The Rivals

Alternate Title(s)

Defiance

Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959

Date1925

MediumOil on Canvas

Dimensionsimage: 30 × 45 in. (76.2 × 114.3 cm) frame: 34 1/2 × 49 1/4 in. (87.6 × 125.1 cm)

Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art

Object numberM1987.100

ClassificationsPainting

Categorywildlife

DescriptionThe 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.

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