Description: This listing is for a CALENDAR TOP from GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD. It is from the1930s and is from a painting by Winold Ross The title of this portrait is:MOURNING STAR, GLACIER NAT'L PARK This was from a one sheet calendar image that was sent to businesses on a monthly basis starting in the late 1920's' and through the late 1930's from the Great Northern Railroad..As these are usually found, the lower monthly calendar portion was removed. In the lower left corner in very tiny print: From Original Portrait By Winold Reiss, New York.In the lower right corner: Great Northern RY Co St Paul. F. Winold Reiss (September 16, 1886 -- August 23, 1953) was a German-born American artist and graphic designer. He was born in Karlsruhe, Germany. In 1913 he immigrated to the United States, where he was able to follow his interest in Native Americans. In 1920 he went West for the first time, working for a lengthy period on the Blackfeet Reservation. Over the years Reiss painted more than 250 works depicting Native Americans. These paintings by Reiss became known more widely beginning in the 1920 and to the 1950s, when the Great Northern Railway commissioned Reiss to do paintings of the Blackfeet which were then distributed widely as lithographed reproductions on Great Northern calendars PLEASE SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS IN MY STORE FOR SIMILAR ITEMS AND COMBINE.
Price: 30 USD
Location: Columbus, Ohio
End Time: 2025-01-18T03:02:20.000Z
Shipping Cost: 6 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Year: 1930
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
