The Lost Rider Podcast with Herman Brune

Executive Director of the CM Russell Museum, in Great Falls, Montana, Duane Braaten joins the Lost Rider listeners to relate interesting aspects and nuances of the legendary western artist Charlie Russell's life. Brune and Braaten discuss perspectives of the 1880 to 1920 era and what it took to become a nationally renowned artist, and how Russell's paintings and sculpture helped shape the public's view of the American West. Braaten also explains that Russell was the real deal when it came to being a cowboy, and that he was also good at listening to his wife. She was instrumental in his travels back to the Eastern United States to promote his endeavors.