John Stanley ART FOR SALE

1814 Canandaigua, New York - 1872 Detroit, Michigan. Known for: Indian life, landscape, portrait.

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Born in Canandaigua, New York, John Mix Stanley became one of the most significant artists of the American frontier but also one of the most tragic in that three separate fires essentially destroyed his lifetime's work. He was raised in upstate New York where his father had a tavern that many Indians and other frontier types visited. At age 14, he became an orphan and apprenticed to a coach maker. But looking for better work, he moved to Detroit in 1834 and became a house and sign painter and subsequently trained with European educated James Bowman, who saw one of his signs and admired his work. From 1836 to 1838, Stanley painted portraits in the Chicago area and in 1839, based at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, tried unsuccessfully to support... Read full biography

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Assiniboine Encampment

Type:Painting

Size:18.00" x 12.00"

Medium:Oil

Signed:Lower Right

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SOLD for $156,000 at the Lone Star Art Auction in Dallas, Texas. Now accepting John Stanley consignments for our upcoming 2026 auction. For more information, visit the auction website at www.lonestarartauction.com, call the auction office at (469) 608-7600, or click the contact link below.

Price: SOLD