The lot features four original Winold Reiss (1886-1953) Blackfeet Montana artwork from the Great Northern Railway Empire Builder calendars from 1930 showing Mike Short Man, Turtle and Setting Mountains, Cut Nose Woman, and White Dog Blackfeet from Glacier National Park, Montana. Winold Reiss (1886-1953) was a German-born American artist, he immigrated to the United States in 1913 to follow his passion for Native Americans and by 1920 he went West to spend time on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana outside of Glacier National Park, creating more than 250 artworks depicting the people of the Blackfeet. In 1931, and 1934-37, Reiss organized a summer art school, also referred to as an artists' colony near Glacier National Park. The lot features two original Winold Reiss Great Northern calendar topper artworks. These individual calendars are for the months of May, March, October and December. The March calendar features Reiss' painting "MIKE SHORT MAN" Glacier National Park"". Below the portrait is "MORE SCENIC MILES IN DAY LIGHT ON THE ROUTE of The New EMPIRE BUILDER The Luxurious ORIENTAL LIMTED". Below the month are listed the names and phone number of the GNRR agents in Portland, Oregon. The May calendar features Reiss' painting "TURTLE AND SETTING MOUNTAINS" Glacier National Park"". Below the portrait is "GLACIER NATIONAL PARK WATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK on the Route of New EMPIRE BUILDER The Luxurious ORIENTAL LIMITED". Below the month are listed the names and phone number of the GNRR agents in Portland, Oregon. The October calendar features Reiss' painting "CUT NOSE WOMAN" Glacier National Park"". Below the portrait is "FAST FREIGHT SERVICE on the route of The New EMPIRE BUILDER The Luxurious ORIENTAL LIMITED". Below the month are listed the names and phone number of the GNRR agents in Portland, Oregon. Lastly, the December calendar features Reiss' painting "WHITE DOG" Glacier National Park"". Below the portrait is "THE ELECTRIFIED CASCADE TUNNEL ROUTE The New EMPIRE BUILDER The Luxurious ORIENTAL LIMITED". Below the month are listed the names and phone number of the GNRR agents in St. Paul, MINN. F. Winold Reiss was a German-born American artist and graphic designer. In 1920, he went West for the first time, working for months on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana, painting 36 portraits of tribal members. Over the years Reiss painted more than 250 works depicting Native Americans. These paintings by Reiss became known more widely beginning in the 1920s to the 1950s, when the Great Northern Railway commissioned Reiss to do paintings of the Blackfeet which were then distributed widely as lithographed reproductions on Great Northern calendars. In 1931, and 1934-37, Reiss organized a summer art school, also referred to as an artists' colony near Glacier National Park. The Great Northern Railway was an American railroad running from St. Paul, Minnesota to Seattle, Washington from 1889 to 1970 when it merged with three other railroads to form the Burlington Northern Railroad which after additional mergers in 1996 became the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway. The calendars show good condition overall with age tanning, middle creases, soiling and slight edge scuffing. Each measures 10.125"W x 22"L, combined weight is U6.