Attributed to Charlie Dye, private collection, no coa medium: oil measurements:33"wX40"h framed, mint condition Biography: Charlie Dye was an American painter. Born in Canon City, Colorado, Charlie Dye became Attributed to Charlie Dye, private collection, no coa medium: oil measurements:33"wX40"h framed, mint condition Biography: Charlie Dye was an American painter. Born in Canon City, Colorado, Charlie Dye became a painter of western genre inspired by the painting of Charles Russell. He is best known for his depictions of cowboys chasing down or branding their cattle and fictional scenes from the American Old West replete with pioneers and Native Americans. Dye began making art after recovering in the hospital from an injury sustained from falling off a horse, and went on to attend the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The artist died in 1972 in Sedona, AZ. Today, Dye’s works are in the collections of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center in Oklahoma City and the National Center for American Western Art in Kerrville, TX, among others.