The Big Horns from Rotten Gray

Oil painting on paper The Big Horns from Rotten Gray " by Hans Kleiber. It is a landscape view from a hill top. There are small trees lining the lower edge in the foreground on a hill. The middle ground depicts a hilly valley with some scattered trees. Mountains with blue shadows line the background under cloudy blue skies.

Hans Kleiber (1887-1967) was a painter, etcher, illustrator, and naturalist. He emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1900, settling in Massachusetts before moving to Wyoming. Kleiber worked for the United States Forest Service from 1906 until 1924. One of his duties as a ranger was to monitor the logging camps in the Bighorn Mountains. Kleiber was primarily self-taught as an artist. He traversed the mountains of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, and his subjects are drawn from the pristine landscapes and wildlife.