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Olaf Carl Seltzer

Olaf Carl Seltzer was a Danish-born American painter who arrived in Great Falls, Montana in 1897, where he became a protégé and close friend of Charles M. Russell. He produced over 2,500 paintings and illustrations of the American West, including detailed depictions of Lewis and Clark expedition scenes and encounters with Native peoples.

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