George Catlin and his Indian Gallery : resource binder / Smithsonian American Art Museum. [2003?]

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George Catlin and his Indian Gallery : resource binder / Smithsonian American Art Museum. [2003?]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53473094

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., maps ; 30 cm.

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Catlin, George, 1796-1872

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George Catlin, artist and author, was known especially for his paintings of Indians. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 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 yea...

Renwick Gallery

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Symposium was organized by Mark Baldridge and Lloyd Herman. From the description of American metalsmithing and jewelrymaking in the 1940s and 1950s symposium records, 1979-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84929650 The Renwick Gallery is the curatorial branch of the Smithsonian American Art Museum responsible for the presentation of American crafts and design in the Renwick Gallery Building. The Renwick opened in 1973. Its staff has included Lloyd E. Herman, Director, 197...