Skip to main contentDescriptionOne 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.
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
Signed?
1
Region
Categorywildlife
SignedSigned
InscribedLower right hand corner C. Rungius
On View
Not on viewExhibitions
Francis Lee Jaques
Frank B. Hoffman
Carl Rungius