Bull Moose / LR "C Rungius"
Scope and Contents
Male animal standing on fallen tree, look out into forest, snow-topped mountains in distance. Painted in Canada. Frame: Gold gilt, 44 x 54.
Dates
- before 1953
Creator
- Rungius, Carl, 1869-1959 (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Born in: Berlin, Germany; Died in: NYC. Active in: Canada/NYC.One of the most popular 20th century wildlife painters, worked on two backgrounds for AMNH, had close relationship with museum.
Extent
1 Item : painting : oil on canvas ; 40 x 50 inches
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lloyd Smith, Mrs. Wilton; 1/28/1953
Creator
- Rungius, Carl, 1869-1959 (Person)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation provided support to make this finding aid available in ArchivesSpace (2016-2017).
Repository Details
Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository
American Museum of Natural History
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