Lone Native American rider on a white horse on the plains
Image Credit

Charles Marion Russell, The Scout (detail), 1915. Oil paint on canvas; 21 x 26 in. Planned Gift from Tom and Jane Petrie to the Denver Art Museum. Photo by Jeff Wells, courtesy Denver Art Museum

Storytellers

The Blackfeet Nation en Charles M. Russell
Ahora a la vista

Charles Marion Russell, The Scout (detail), 1915. Oil paint on canvas; 21 x 26 in. Planned Gift from Tom and Jane Petrie to the Denver Art Museum. Photo by Jeff Wells, courtesy Denver Art Museum

El Denver Art Museum (DAM) se enorgullece en presentar su próxima exposición sobre el oeste de Estados Unidos, Storytellers: The Blackfeet Nation en Charles M. Russell (Narradores de historias: la Nación Pies Negros y Charles M. Russell), que podrá visitarse desde el 6 de septiembre de 2026 hasta el 24 de enero de 2027. Esta relevante presentación es posible gracias a una trascendental donación de obras maestras de la colección de Tom y Jane Petrie, que amplía significativamente la colección de arte del oeste de Estados Unidos del museo.

Storytellers incluirá más de 80 obras de arte, entre las que se cuentan óleos, acuarelas y bronces creados por Charles M. Russell, así como obras de arte ancestrales de la Confederación de los Pies Negros (nitsitapii), en especial de los kainai (tribu Sangre) y los amskaapii pikanii (pies negros o peigan del sur), obras que datan de finales del siglo XIX a mediados del siglo XX.

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Group of Native Americans circling around a buffalo

Charles Marion Russell, Buffalo Hunt, Number 40 (Cacería de búfalo, n.° 40), 1919. Óleo sobre lienzo; 39 in x 57 in. Colección Petrie, Denver, Colorado. Fotografía de Christina Jackson, por cortesía del Denver Art Museum.

Deer hide artwork depicting groups of horseback riders

Possibly Percy (Two Gun) Plain Woman (Káínai Nation (Blood Tribe), War Robe, Late 1880s to Early 1900s. Deer hide and commercial pigment; 58 1/4 in. x 48 1/2 in. Denver Art Museum: Native Arts acquisition funds, 1938.260

Colorful beaded patterned dress shirt

Amskaapii Pikanii artist, Dress Yoke, about 1900. Hide, beads, muslin, and flour sack; 22 x 34 x 11 in. Denver Art Museum: Gift of Charles J. Norton, 1980.214.

Three Native American men on horseback looking out at the top of a ridge

Charles Marion Russell, The Fireboat, 1918. Oil on board, Framed: 23 × 32 in. C. M. Russell Museum, Great Falls, Montana: Gift of Mrs. Wade George in memory of Wade Hampton George, S956-2-1

Leather and beaded white gloves with a flower pattern on the hand

Nora Spanish (Amskaapii Pikanii, 1898–1990), Pair of Gloves, 1940s. Leather and beads; Each approx. 18 × 8⅛ × 4¼ in. Denver Art Museum: Bequest of the Estate of Gerald E. Welsh, 1981.240A-B

Leather strip of cloth with dangling beads adorned on the bottom

Amskaapii Pikanii artist, Martingale, late 1800s. Cloth, glass beads, leather, thimbles. The L. D. and Ruth Bax Collection at the Denver Art Museum, 1985.111

Group of Native Americans on horseback, riding at sunset

Charles Marion Russell, Piegans, 1918. Oil paint on canvas; 24 x 36 in. Planned Gift from Tom and Jane Petrie to the Denver Art Museum. Photo by Christina Jackson, courtesy Denver Art Museum

Hand drum with three animals embroidered into it, forming a circle

Amskaapii Pikanii artist, Aistookiimaaksi (Hand Drum), before 1860. Leather, paint, wood, and ink; 30¼ × 40¾ × 2 in. dia. The L. D. and Ruth Bax Collection at the Denver Art Museum, 1985.245

Large cowhide cloth comprised of paint, beads, and hair

Amskaapii Pikanii artist, Lodge Liner, about 1920. Cowhide, paint, beads, and hair; 82 x 174 in. The L.D and Ruth Bax Collection at the Denver Art Museum, 1985.259

Native American man riding a white horse in the middle of the Western plains

Charles Marion Russell, The Scout, 1915. Oil paint on canvas; 21 x 26 in. Planned Gift from Tom and Jane Petrie to the Denver Art Museum. Photo by Jeff Wells, courtesy Denver Art Museum

Storytellers: The Blackfeet Nation and Charles M. Russell (Narradores de historias: la Nación Pies Negros y Charles M. Russell) está organizada por el Denver Art Museum. La muestra es presentada por Tom y Jane Petrie. El patrocinio adicional lo proporcionn Mary Pat y Richard McCormick, Kent Thiry y Denise O'Leary, The Americana Foundation, la Wyeth Foundation for American Art, los donantes de la campaña benéfica Annual Fund Leadership Campaign y de los residentes que brindan su apoyo al Distrito de Organizaciones Científicas y Culturales (SCFD, por sus siglas en inglés).