shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileMontana

in Great Falls, the log studio beside the house on Fourth Avenue North

Charlie Russell Studio Great Falls

Name: Charlie Russell Studio Great Falls — on ceramic tile, by WenderVista
Brand: WenderVista

— — a one-room cabin where the West got painted.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.

— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand

— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines

— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall

— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround

— a note from the studio

“A telephone-pole log cabin behind the family house at 1219 Fourth Avenue North in Great Falls. Charles M. Russell built it in 1903 and worked in it for the last twenty-three years of his life. Saddles on the wall, a stone fireplace, the north light he chose deliberately. The cabin still stands on its original ground, now the heart of the C.M. Russell Museum complex.

from the studio

— bring it home

Charlie Russell Studio Great Falls, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?

One tile — square or rectangle.

How big?

the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand

6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb

Surface finish

A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.

How it sits

A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.

$58

Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.

— size

6 × 6 in

15 cm

— weighs

1.6 lb

solid in the hand

— surface

ceramic, hand-finished

art rests beneath a thin glossy finish

— from

Knoxville, TN

our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies

— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Charlie Russell Studio Great Falls

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.

— the place

Charles Marion Russell built his log studio in 1903 behind the family home at 1219 Fourth Avenue North in Great Falls, Montana. Constructed of telephone-pole logs Russell salvaged himself, the one-room cabin stands roughly twenty feet square with a stone fireplace, a north-facing window, and the working clutter of a painter's life. He worked there from 1903 until his death in 1926. Both the studio and the adjoining 1900 house are National Historic Landmarks and form the original core of the C.M. Russell Museum complex.

— informed by C.M. Russell Museum, Wikipedia

— the visit

The studio is part of the C.M. Russell Museum at 400 13th Street North in Great Falls and is included with general admission to the museum. The campus also covers the Russell home, the main gallery building, and the Browning Firearms collection. The museum is open year-round, generally Tuesday through Sunday, with extended hours during the March Russell auction weekend. Great Falls sits on the Missouri River about 90 miles north of Helena and is reached via Interstate 15 or U.S. Highway 87.

— informed by C.M. Russell Museum — Visit

— the year

The biggest week at the studio is the third week of March, when Great Falls hosts The Russell Auction, the country's premier sale of Western art. The auction has run since 1969 and draws collectors from across the United States. Outside of auction week the campus is quiet, especially weekday mornings from late fall through early spring. Summer brings travelers along the Lewis and Clark trail and the Going-to-the-Sun Road from Glacier National Park, two hours west.

— informed by The Russell Auction

— where

United States · Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana

— elevation

1,015 m · 3,330 ft

— position

47.5074° N · 111.2853° W

— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.

1 km N

Missouri River

river through Great Falls

6 km NE

Giant Springs State Park

freshwater spring

80 km NE

Square Butte

isolated volcanic butte

Charlie Russell Studio Great Falls

Missouri River

Giant Springs State Park

Square Butte

— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Charlie Russell Studio Great Falls — and about bringing the piece home.

— about the place

Behind his home at 1219 Fourth Avenue North in Great Falls, Montana. It is now part of the C.M. Russell Museum complex at 400 13th Street North and open to visitors.

In 1903, of telephone-pole logs he salvaged himself. He worked in the cabin from that year until his death in 1926, producing many of his most important paintings there.

Russell's easel, saddles, his beadwork and Native artifacts collection, the stone fireplace he built, and the north-facing window he installed for painting light. The interior is preserved largely as he left it.

Yes. Access is included with general admission to the C.M. Russell Museum, generally open Tuesday through Sunday year-round. Hours extend during The Russell Auction week each March.

He is the state's most beloved painter, a self-taught cowboy who chronicled the open-range West before the homestead era closed it. The Russell Auction has been Great Falls' biggest art event since 1969.

Yes. Both the studio and the adjoining Russell house are National Historic Landmarks. They form the original core around which the larger museum campus was built.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. The studio is sacred ground for Russell collectors and Western art enthusiasts. A Medium or Large reads as a tribute to the painter, not a generic landmark.

The weathered-log and stone palette suits Western-traditional, Mountain-modern, and lodge interiors. It also reads well in studies and libraries with leather and oiled wood.

Yes. Heritage-Western and artist-studio imagery is core to current study, library, and den interiors. The piece anchors a wall above a desk or reading chair.

A single Large reads well above a console or desk. Above a standard sofa, a 4-tile Mural fills the space; above a long sectional, a 9-tile Mural.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish, which are scratch-resistant and tolerate humidity. The Glossy finish is intended for dry display walls.

A soft microfibre cloth and plain water. No abrasives, no ammonia-based cleaners. The colour lives in the ceramic surface and will not lift with normal cleaning.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is painted in-house by Reid Wender and finished in our Knoxville studio. No licensing, no third-party prints.

— if this one stayed with you