Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Charles Marion Russell - A bad hoss (1904).jpg

A bad hoss
Voting period ends on 3 Sep 2010 at 17:43:52 (UTC)
 * Reason:Fine work by a major artist. I may be wrong, but I think his art had a big role in codifying the Cowboy image.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Cowboy, Charles Marion Russell
 * FP category for this image:Could go a few ways: Either art or American History. Probably art.
 * Creator:Charles Marion Russell


 * Support as nominator --Adam Cuerden (talk) 17:43, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose I simply don’t think this is eye-catching to the point that readers will want to read the article. Greg L (talk) 18:36, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * The last one had too many people according to you, so I find a major artist of the Wild West - one of the people responsible for creating the popular image of cowboys - and provide our only high-quality image of his work. Now major artists aren't eyecatching. What CAN be featured nowadays? Adam Cuerden (talk) 18:42, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * If the major artist has a more eye-catching piece of work, I’d like to see it. Greg L (talk) 20:00, 25 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Support I find it very eye-catching. P. S. Burton  (talk)  19:10, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Support An iconic image from an excellent artist. It's absolutely dynamic and the technicals are great too. Cowtowner (talk) 20:08, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Support per above... gaz hiley .co.uk  22:12, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Support - I, too, find it eye-catching. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 15:08, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Support -- Takabeg (talk) 11:54, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Support - Meets criteria, and eye-catching. Sasata (talk) 17:57, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Support Striking, quality, and interesting picture. :) Cordially, Esther Clementina   talk  03:24, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Support. Meets all criteria. - Darwinek (talk) 11:35, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

--Makeemlighter (talk) 17:42, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

I am a fan of western art and a proud holder of a BFA. I believe that Charles Russell was able to capture a degree of movement and detail in this work that most modern artists cannot capture. This despite the use of photos as a visual resource that was not available in Russell's day. This painting includes unsurpassed details of movement, anatomy and history, all in one image. I challenge any modern artist to surpass this phenomenal image and improve on Charles' contribution! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.219.1.139 (talk) 00:08, 15 July 2013 (UTC)