Catlin, George, 1796-1872
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Portrait painter and miniaturist, ethnographer, best known for his paintings of the American Indian. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
George Catlin was an American artist. Catlin's mother had been captured by Indians. Catlin traveled the United States drawing the Indians he saw. He presented his work in a traveling gallery in cities in the U.S. Later he took his trade to Europe. After his time in Europe he continued to travel and present his drawings of both North and South America.
Catlin specialized in portraits and scenes from the American West.
George Catlin, artist and author, was known especially for his paintings of Indians. Born in Wilkes-Barre, PA, he practiced law until his talent for painting led him to join a group of artists in Philadelphia in 1823. Catlin concentrated on portrait painting in Washington, D.C., until 1829, when he saw a delegation of visiting American Indians in Philadelphia. He then resolved to devote his life to preserving the appearance and character of the vanishing Indians and for forty-two years traveled extensively in the U.S. West and lived among the tribes. Catlin wrote many books and articles related to his experiences.
George Catlin (1796-1872) was a -portrait painter, miniature painter, and ethnographer, best known for his paintings of the American Indian.
Artist and author.
American painter, author, and traveler; specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the Old West.
Portrait painter, miniature painter, ethnographer; Pennsylvania
Best known for his paintings of the American Indian. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Artist and author.
From 1828 to 1838 George Catlin travelled in the West, painting about 600 portraits of Indians in native costume and pictures of their villages, daily life, games, and ceremonies. In 1832, Catlin witnessd the Mandan O-kee-pa ceremony and portrayed it paintings which generated considerable controversy. An unauthorized essay on the subject was printed privately in London in 1865 under Catlin's name. Catlin promptly condemned the fifty-copy edition, calling it "a gross and mangled extract from my account" and demanding that all copies be surrendered. In 1867 Catlin published "O-kee-pa, a religious ceremony," to set the record straight.
Artist and author.
From 1828 to 1838 George Catlin travelled in the West, painting about 600 portraits of Indians in native costume and pictures of their villages, daily life, games, and ceremonies. He exhibited this collection in Europe and America, 1837-1852. Catlin also published books and articles about his experiences with the Indians, and catalogs of his collection.
American artist and author.
From 1828 to 1838 George Catlin traveled in the West, painting about 600 portraits of Indians in native costumes and pictures of their villages, daily life, games, and ceremonies. He exhibited this collection in Europe and America, 1837-1852, and published books and articles containing reproductions of his paintings, including Catlin's North American Indian portfolio (London, 1844?; New York, 1845)
Portrait painter, miniature painter, ethnographer; Pennsylvania
Best known for his paintings of the American Indian. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
American artist and author.
From 1828 to 1838 George Catlin travelled in the West, making a pictorial record of the North American Indians he believed to be a vanishing race. Catlin exhibited the paintings (known as his Indian Gallery) in Europe and America, 1837-1852, and later visited the Pacific Northwest and the Southwest, drawing the Indians in those regions. Perenially in debt, Catlin from ca. 1850 to the mid-1860's copied and recopied his paintings and offered them for sale in similar, but not identical souvenir albums.
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Catlin is known for his paintings of American Indians.
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Wichita Mountains (Okla.)
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Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
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