Skip to main content
Skip to main content
Collections Menu
On Grizzly Pass
On Grizzly Pass

On Grizzly Pass

Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Datec. 1935
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm) frame: 35 7/8 x 45 3/8 x 2 1/4 in. (91.1 x 115.3 x 5.7 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM1991.024
ClassificationsPainting
Signed? 1
Categorywildlife
On View
Not on view
DescriptionOne grizzly bear moves across a rocky hill spotted with grass in the foreground. Another bear stands up in the middle-ground. A tall snow-covered peak towers in the background. Two bears in total.Curatorial Remarks
Back of photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow reads, "'On Grizzly Pass' / 30x40 / from Biltmore Gallery to Juneau Hotel / also owns: Elk ('Stampede') / Sheep," PA-1875-28. 
The Surprise (or Reel Adventure)
Philip R. Goodwin
c. 1925
Toklat Grizzly
Tucker Smith
1995
Mason, 1969
Carl Rungius
1910
The Pond: Snipes and Frog
William Jacob Hays Sr.
1862
Old Man of the Mountains
Carl Rungius
c. 1937
NMWA
Carl Rungius
c. 1940
Grizzlies
Charles R. Knight
1924
NMWA
Carl Rungius
c. 1947
Grizzly Bear
John Woodhouse Audubon
1848
Bears by the Stream
Hermann Ottomar Herzog
c. 1900