OCR Text |
Show Wild Western Art For St. Louis Fair Groat Works of tho Montana Cowboy Artist to Be Exhibited at tho Exposition. Special to Tho Tribune. 8T. LOUIS, April 23. An exhibit at the World's Fair that will attraot wide attention is the collection of Western paintings and wax works of Charles Kussell, tho famous Montana cowboy artlsL The paintings aro so true to life and so accurate a portrayal of wild Western scenes that they lnclto tho wonder and admiration of all beholders. A number of them were exhibited at Butte, Mont., prior to shipment to St. Louis. Tho ono which attracted most attention atten-tion was "The Holdup," representing tho robbory of a stago coach near Dead-wood Dead-wood in the early days, by "Big Noue George" and his gang of desperadoes So acourato is the picture In every detail de-tail that the features of all of the robbers rob-bers and stage driver aro readily recognized rec-ognized by many Montana pioneers who knew them. Even a notice nailed to a treo where tho holdup occurred appeoro In tho picturo In minutest detail. This notico offered a reward of 51000 for the capturo of "Bis Noao George," dead or olive. Another picture, entitled "A Gun Play," Bhows a frontier saloon whero a group of cowboys who had been swindled swin-dled in a card gam are making things lively with their six-shooters. "A Rustler After His Supper" shows a big grizzly bear devouring a deer that had boon killed by wolves. "An Old Time Buffalo Hunt by Indians," "Scattering tho Riders," and other Western ocenco of cowboys, hunters, etc., mnko a most Interesting collection of paintings. There is also somo excellent wqrk in beeswax, tho host of whioh represents a sixteen-mulo sixteen-mulo team drawing three covered freight wagons crossing tho plains. Tho representation is unqulo and true to life and BhowB that tho cowboy artist is nn adept in tho plastlo art as well as with poncil and brush. |