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Arktikwanderer
Arktikwanderer

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
On View
On view
DescriptionA polar bear walks away from the viewer in the fading light making a shadow and tracks upon the snow covered field.
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
Cold Trail
Lanford Monroe
1999
Moose in Moonlight
Richard Friese
n.d.
European Stag
Richard Friese
1907
Polar Bear
Colin Campbell Cooper Jr.
1912
Lone Wolf
Olaf Carl Seltzer
c. 1930
Bull Moose
Richard Friese
1903