Skip to main contentDescriptionOne large black bear walks onto a log moving to the left. Behind him are leaves with fall colors. From the New York Zoological Society collection.Curatorial Remarks
American Black Bear
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1929
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 61 1/2 x 76 1/2 in. (156.2 x 194.3 cm)
frame: 72 x 87 x 4 1/4 in. (182.9 x 221 x 10.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Jackson Hole Preserve, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW1994.082
ClassificationsPainting
Signed
lower right,
C. Rungius.
Subject
Region
Categorywildlife
IllustrationGallery of Wild Animal Paintings in the Zoological Park from the Collection of the New York Zoological Society. New York: New York Zoological Society (Charles Francis Press), 1930, np.
On View
On viewBack of photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow reads, "Bronx Zoo," PA-1875-318.
Setting could be New Brunswick, but generic enough to be many places.
Exhibitions
Ken Carlson
