Olaf C. Seltzer
1877-1957
Moving
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
DIMENSIONS: 16 1/2 x 24 inches
Signed lower right
SOLD FOR: $ 28,080
Including Buyers Premium
AUCTION 2018,
LOT 331
1877-1957
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
DIMENSIONS: 16 1/2 x 24 inches
Signed lower right
SOLD FOR: $ 28,080
Including Buyers Premium
Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, Olaf Seltzer’s parents, seeing his talent for drawing, enrolled him in a school where he would develop his skills to the point where he was accepted into the Technical Institute of Copenhagen. In 1892, after his father’s untimely death, Seltzer’s mother emigrated to the United States, settling in Great Falls, Montana. Seltzer became a cowboy, then worked as a machinist for the Great Northern Railway. A meeting with artist Charles Russell became a fast friendship, and Russell encouraged and mentored Seltzer as he moved toward a full-time career as a painter.
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