Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893

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Swiss painter.

From the description of Letter, 1852. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83040231

Karl Bodmer (1809-1893), Swizz painter.

From the description of Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10580303

Bodmer, a young Swiss painter, accompanied Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, 1832-1834, on a scientific expedition into the American West. Their works as an artist and naturalist were later published in a book. Bodmer painted extensively American Indians and landscapes of the West and New England scenes.

From the description of Fort Union on the Missouri : aquatint, 1833. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863442

Swiss artist Karl Bodmer accompanied Prince Maximilian of Wied on a two-year natural science expedition to the American West in 1832-1834.

During this expedition, Bodmer produced a large quantity of field sketches and watercolors depicting the North American landscape and the American Indian. Later upon his return to Europe, Bodmer set up residence in Paris and supervised the preparation of eighty-one aquatints engraved after his original art work to accompany Maximilian's expedition account, Travels in the interior of North America.

From the description of Karl Bodmer's pencil, pen, and watercolor drawings prepared to illustrate Prince Maximilian of Wied's Travels in the interior of North America [graphic], [ca. 1833-1843]. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 41435863
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referencedIn Mandan Village map sketch, 1850. State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives
creatorOf Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893. Letter, 1852. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Philip Reed printed material Archives of American Art
creatorOf Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893. Fort Union on the Missouri : aquatint, 1833. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867. Letter : Neuwied, to [Samuel George Morton?], 1841 Feb 20. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn De Cost Smith Collection, 1880-1943. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
creatorOf Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Photographs of American Military Activities. 1918 - 1981. Winter village of the Manitaries (Hidatsa) in Dakota Territory National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867. Letter : Neuwied, to [Samuel George Morton?], 1841 Feb 20. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Photographs of American Military Activities. 1918 - 1981. Two braves with faces painted. Left to right: Massica, a Sauk, and Wakusasse, a Fox National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893. Karl Bodmer : artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990 [graphic] [compiled by staff of The Museum of Modern Art, New York]. Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection
creatorOf Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Photographs of American Military Activities. 1918 - 1981. Big Soldier (Wahktageli), a Dakota chief; full-length, standing National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893. Artists of the American West photograph collection, 1835-1890. Museum of the Great Plains
creatorOf Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Photographs of American Military Activities. 1918 - 1981. Great Camp of the Piekanns near Fort McKenzie, Montana National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Prints Collection, 1500-2000 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Catlin, George, 1796-1872. Humphrey art exhibit photographs, 1979. Museum of the Great Plains
creatorOf Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Photographs of American Military Activities. 1918 - 1981. A Blackfoot on horseback, with a rifle National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Bodmer, Karl. [Karl Bodmer] : artist file John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Library, Ringling Museum Library
referencedIn Papers, 1881-1945, 1884-[ca. 1910] (bulk) New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material Bancroft Library
creatorOf Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Photographs of American Military Activities. 1918 - 1981. Pehriska-Ruhpa; full-length, standing, in the costume of the Dog Band of the Hidatsa National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893. Karl Bodmer's pencil, pen, and watercolor drawings prepared to illustrate Prince Maximilian of Wied's Travels in the interior of North America [graphic], [ca. 1833-1843]. Newberry Library
referencedIn Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867. Letter : Neuwied [Germany], to Mr. H.E. Lloyd, 1841 Feb. 7. Newberry Library
referencedIn Bodmer, Karl : Biographical file. Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
referencedIn United States. Office of Indian Affairs. St. Louis Superintendency. William Clark, superintendent of Indian affairs, to all whom it may concern : under authority vested in me by the president of the United States to grant permission to citizens or other persons to pass into and through the Indian county, &c., permission is hereby granted to M. Baron Braunsberg to pass through the Indian country by the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains for the purpose of making observations in zoology and botany ... and to take with him Charles [i.e. Karl] Bodmer and David Dreydopple [i.e. Dreidoppel] ... : passport, 1833 Apr. 2. Newberry Library
referencedIn Pickard, Wesley. Pittsburgh prints collection, ca. 1843-1982 / compiled by Wesley Pickard. University of Pittsburgh
referencedIn Montana History Conference (35th: Glasgow, Mont.: 2008). Proceedings, 2008. Montana Historical Society Library
referencedIn Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893. Etchings, 1840-1843. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Photographs of American Military Activities. 1918 - 1981. Four Bears (Mato-Tope), a Mandan chief; full-length, standing, holding lance and wearing a painted and quilled shirt National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Centennial West: a Celebration of the Northern-Tier States' Heritage Symposium (1989 : Billings, Mont.). Proceedings, 1989 June 22-24. Montana Historical Society Library
referencedIn Smith, De Cost, 1864-1939. De Cost Smith Collection, 1880-1943. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Photographs of American Military Activities. 1918 - 1981. quot;Fort Pierre [South Dakota] and the Adjacent Prairiequot; National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Photographs of American Military Activities. 1918 - 1981. Buffalo Dance of the Mandans National Archives at College Park
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associatedWith Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834 person
associatedWith Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 person
associatedWith Centennial West: a Celebration of the Northern-Tier States' Heritage Symposium (1989 : Billings, Mont.) corporateBody
associatedWith De Cost, Smith 1864-1939. person
associatedWith Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875 person
associatedWith Edward E. Ayer Art Collection (Newberry Library) corporateBody
associatedWith Honeyman, Robert B. person
associatedWith Karl Bodmer, person
associatedWith Montana History Conference (35th: Glasgow, Mont.: 2008) corporateBody
associatedWith Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Newberry Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Pickard, Wesley. person
associatedWith Reed, Philip (Philip G.), 1908- person
associatedWith Smith, De Cost, 1864-1939. person
associatedWith Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950 person
associatedWith The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Library. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Office of Indian Affairs. St. Louis Superintendency. corporateBody
associatedWith Wallace, Paul A. W. person
associatedWith West, Benjamin, 1730-1813 person
associatedWith Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867. person
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Birth 1809-02-06

Death 1893-10-30

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