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Charles Marion Russell's 1914 painting When the Land Belonged to God is a confident and nostalgic work from an ageing artist looking back on his youth as a rancher. Emerging in the late-nineteenth century as a gifted visual storyteller, Russell had an eye for illustrative images. Born in Missouri, in lands which were then seen as the distant frontier of an expanding nation, the artist began playing a starring role in the legends that were being built around him. Between his occupation as a rancher, Russell studied painting in his spare time. Before long, the artist had gained a popular reputation as a vivid painter of drama, and his intimate knowledge of his landscape made him a popular alternative to the city-bound tourists of the Hudson River School. Departing from the spiritual fantasy of the Romantic landscape painters, Russell was a figure born and raised on the growing frontiers of the American nation.
When the Land Belonged to God is the product of the artist's youth at the fringes of the Westward Expansion of the United States. Playing to an eager market, the artist's sweeping vistas were crafted for an audience who had never seen the landscapes that were rapidly falling within their borders. Creating spectacular views of the American frontiers, Russell's reproduction of an idealized American west helped create the image abroad of America as a land of cowboys, jagged rocks, and tough living. So enduring were Russell's mythologized vistas that they would become the templates for the Western genre of cinema that dominated the industry just decades after his death. Painting for a populist audience, Russell's canvases were not challenging works of art, but they were accessible and technically brilliant narratives that unfold within the static frame of the canvas.
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Important Notes About Your Painting:
If you have any request to alter your reproduction of When the Land Belonged to God,
you must email us after placing your order and we'll have an artist contact you.
If you have another image of When the Land Belonged to God
that you would like the artist to work from, please include it as an attachment. Otherwise, we will reproduce the above image for you exactly as it is.
Free shipping is included in the price of the painting. Once the painting is ready and dry enough to ship, we will roll it and ship it in a sturdy cardboard tube.
We always ship express via courier to ensure your order reaches you as soon as possible - normally within three business days. The total delivery time from the moment you place your order until the package is delivered to your door is normally between three to four weeks.
If, in the unlikely event you were dissatisfied with the painting after reviewing it in person, it can be returned for a full refund for up to 365 days after delivery.
When you receive the painting; you are free to return it for more revisions or else for a full refund minus our actual shipping cost -- which is, on average, $25 per painting.
1st Art Gallery provides a full warranty covering manufacturing and material defects for paintings purchased from our website. The warranty covers damage for normal use. Damage caused by incidents such as accidents or inappropriate use are not covered.
Depending on the degree of damage to the warranted painting, it will either be repaired or replaced. This warranty service is provided free of charge.
When purchasing a painting on its own, it will arrive rolled inside a secure tube with an extra 1.5" of white canvas on all sides so you can easily frame it in any local frame shop.
You may choose to purchase your painting framed, in which case, it will arrive "ready to hang". We offer more than 20 beautiful models, all hand finished and expertly assembled by our experienced framers.
Note that for safety reasons we can only frame up to a certain size. Once the maximum size is reached the framing option is automatically disabled.
If you are planning to frame your painting yourself,
use an existing frame, or frame it locally, you may choose to order your painting with a stretching service,
meaning that it will arrive mounted on wooden bars.
If you're considering not framing your painting at all, you may opt for a Gallery Wrap. The term Gallery Wrap refers to the way the canvas is stretched, which is by wrapping it around thick stretcher bars, about 1.5 inch thick, with the canvas being secured to the back rather than the sides of those bars.
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