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Old Man of the Mountains

Alternate Title(s)
  • Rocky Mountain Grizzly
Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Datec. 1937
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 25 1/8 × 30 3/8 in. (63.8 × 77.2 cm) frame: 34 × 39 in. (86.4 × 99.1 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM1987.171
ClassificationsPainting
Categorywildlife
SignedSigned
InscribedLower right hand corner C. Rungius
DescriptionOne bear stands on a rocky hill, surrounded by snow covered peaks. The bear is at the top left side of the painting and is walking towards the viewer with his head turned towads the right. The mountains in the background have a shadow cast over them.
On View
Not on view
Exhibitions
Mountain Goats
Mountain Goats
Francis Lee Jaques
The Upper Bow
The Upper Bow
Carl Rungius
c. 1912
Old Baldface
Old Baldface
Carl Rungius
c. 1933
Soon to Den
Soon to Den
Greg McHuron
1991
Dall Sheep in the Ogilvie Mountains
Dall Sheep in the Ogilvie Mountains
Carl Rungius
c. 1907
Caribou in the Mountains (Osborne's Caribou)
Caribou in the Mountains (Osborne's Caribou)
Carl Rungius
c. 1925
Mount Biddle
Mount Biddle
Conrad Schwiering
1984
Winter Whitetails
Winter Whitetails
Ken Carlson
1986
On Grizzly Pass
On Grizzly Pass
Carl Rungius
c. 1935
Teton Summer
Teton Summer
Conrad Schwiering
1977
Image Not Available for Trophy Mule Deer
Trophy Mule Deer
Frank B. Hoffman
Old Baldface
Old Baldface
Carl Rungius
1935