biography of Robert SCRIVER (1914-1999)

Birth place: Browning, MT

Addresses: Browning, MT

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: Vandercook Sch. Music (M.A., 1951)

Exhibited: Soc. Animal Artists, NYC, 1961; Audubon Artists, New York, 1964; NAD, New York, 1964; Acad. Artists, Springfield, MA, 1964; Int. Art Guild, Palais de la Scala, Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1967. Awards: gold medals, 1969, 1970 & 1971 & silver medal, 1972, Cowboy Hall of Fame.

Member: Salmagundi Club; NSS; Cowboy Artists Am.

Work: Glenbow Found., Calgary, Alberta; Whitney Gal. Western Art, Cody, WY; Montana Hist. Soc., Helena; Cowboy Hall Fame, Oklahoma City, OK; Panhandle Plains Mus., Canyon, TX. Commissions: over life-size statue of bison, Great Falls H.S., Montana, 1967; Bill Linderman (heroic statue), Rodeo Cowboy Assn. for Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, 1968; Rustler (statue), C.M. Russell H.S., Great Falls, 1968.

Comments: Although trained as a musician, Scriver became a taxidermist. He established the Mus. of Montana Wildlife in 1956 (Scriver Museum) which included his sculpture, dioramas, and taxidermy. The museum was destroyed by fire in 1975. In 1962, he had his work cast in bronze for exhibit and in 1967 he began sculpting full-time. Preferred media: clay, bronze.

Sources: WW73; article, Am. Artist Magazine (1963); article, La RÈvue Mod. (1964); article, Montana Historical Society; P&H Samuels, 431-32.