Olaf C. Seltzer
Olaf Carl Seltzer | |
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| Born | August 27, 1877 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Died | December 16, 1957 (aged 80) Great Falls, Montana, U.S. |
| Occupations | Painter, illustrator |
| Spouse | Mabel L. Cleeland |
| Children | 2 sons |
Olaf C. Seltzer (August 27, 1877 - December 16, 1957) was a Danish-born American painter and illustrator from Great Falls, Montana. He did over 2,500 paintings and illustrations of the American West, including cowboys.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Seltzer was born on August 27, 1877, in Copenhagen, Denmark.[1][2][3] He emigrated to the United States with his mother after his father died, and settled in Great Falls, where his uncle lived.[2] He did not speak English when he arrived.[4]
Career
[edit | edit source]Seltzer worked as a machinist for the Great Northern Railway.[4][5] In 1897, he began painting alongside Charles M. Russell.[2] Seltzer decided to paint independently from 1921 onward.[2] He worked as an illustrator for The New York Tribune in 1934,[1] and he exhibited his work in Seattle in 1936.[2] He did 275 paintings for physician Philip G. Cole.[3] He did over 2,500 paintings and illustrations over the course of his career.[5]
Seltzer did both watercolor and oil paintings,[6] and he depicted life in the American West, including animals, cowboys and historical events.[4][7][8] He also painted pioneers like Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.[7] Seltzer did a painting for the Grand Masonic Library in Helena.[1] President Harry Truman received one of his paintings as a gift on his 1950 visit to Montana.[1] His work was exhibited at the Gilcrease Museum in Oklahoma in 1957.[2]
Personal life, death and legacy
[edit | edit source]Seltzer married Mabel L. Cleeland in 1903.[3] They had two sons, Carl and Walter, and they resided in Great Falls.[1]
Seltzer died on December 16, 1957, in Great Falls, Montana.[1][2] Some of his work is in the permanent collection of the C. M. Russell Museum Complex in Great Falls,[9] the Art Institute of Chicago,[10] the Gilcrease Museum in Oklahoma,[11] and the Tacoma Art Museum in Tacoma, Washington.[5] His papers are at the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art.[12]
His grandson, Steve Seltzer, is a painter.[4]
Works
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References
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External links
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