Paintbrushes & Paparazzi: The Western Artist Who Won Over Hollywood
Long before the silver screen mythologized the American West, Charles M. Russell had already etched it into bronze and canvas. But in the twilight of his life, Russell wasn’t just painting cowboys. He was rubbing elbows with movie stars. When Charlie and Nancy Russell began wintering in Southern California in 1920, they weren’t merely escaping the Montana cold. They were entering a lively, evolving cultural hub where artists, filmmakers, and writers mingled freely. And where the Old West met the New Hollywood. Russell’s ties to Tinseltown may sound like an unlikely chapter in the life of a Western artist, but [...]