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Arktikwanderer

Alternate Title(s)
  • Arctic Wanderer
Artist/Maker Richard Friese Germany, 1854 - 1918
Date1899
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 38 × 56 in. (96.5 × 142.2 cm) frame: 49 × 77 1/2 in. (124.5 × 196.9 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM1991.033
ClassificationsPainting
Signedsigned and date '89 lower left
DescriptionA polar bear walks away from the viewer in the fading light making a shadow and tracks upon the snow covered field.
On View
On view
Exhibitions
Message on the Wind
Robert F. Kuhn
Deer in a Forest Glade
Richard Friese
1912
Lion
Richard Friese
1887
Auf Dem Fjeld
Richard Friese
1903
Moose in Moonlight
Richard Friese
n.d.
European Stag
Richard Friese
1907
Bull Moose
Richard Friese
1903
Moose
Richard Friese
Message on the Wind
Robert F. Kuhn
1986
Moose Oil Study
Richard Friese
1884
Polar Bear
Colin Campbell Cooper Jr.
1912