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1796 Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania - 1872 Jersey City, New Jersey. Known for: Indian genre-figure and portrait painting.
Born in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, George Catlin became the first American artist of stature to visit and depict the Plains Indians on his own volition, and he spent about eight years traveling... Read full biography
Born in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, George Catlin became the first American artist of stature to visit and depict the Plains Indians on his own volition, and he spent about eight years traveling among the 48 North American Indian tribes including to Alaska. His sketches and paintings are the first... Read full biography
Born in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, George Catlin became the first American artist of stature to visit and depict the Plains Indians on his own volition, and he spent about eight years traveling among the 48 North American Indian tribes including to Alaska. His sketches and paintings are the first and most important record of land west of the Mississippi River before white settlement. Historian Robert Taft wrote that . "it can be said that Catlin was the great publicist" of the upper Missouri... Read full biography
Born in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, George Catlin became the first American artist of stature to visit and depict the Plains Indians on his own volition, and he spent about eight years traveling among the 48 North American Indian tribes including to Alaska. His sketches and paintings are the first and most important record of land west of the Mississippi River before white settlement. Historian Robert Taft wrote that . "it can be said that Catlin was the great publicist" of the upper Missouri region as a result of his trip in 1832. "I find Catlin's name the most frequently mentioned in biographical accounts of later artists of the West or for that matter one of the most frequently referred to authorities on the early history of the upper... Read full biography
Born in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, George Catlin became the first American artist of stature to visit and depict the Plains Indians on his own volition, and he spent about eight years traveling among the 48 North American Indian tribes including to Alaska. His sketches and paintings are the first and most important record of land west of the Mississippi River before white settlement. Historian Robert Taft wrote that . "it can be said that Catlin was the great publicist" of the upper Missouri region as a result of his trip in 1832. "I find Catlin's name the most frequently mentioned in biographical accounts of later artists of the West or for that matter one of the most frequently referred to authorities on the early history of the upper Missouri country." (38) . Catlin also recorded Indians in South America, where he toured from 1852 to 1857, having l... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Miniature Art
- •Miniature, Small Scale Painting
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Barnyard Fowl, Chickens, Poultry, Roosters
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Indian Figure Prior to 1940
- •Indians, Native American Specialty
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •National Parks and/or State Parks
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Outdoor Sporting Scenes, Field and Stream, Hunting
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Seascapes, Seasides
- •Self-Portrait
- •Sports Figures, Athletes, Genre, Events
- •Wildlife, Wild Animal
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Colorado Before 1900
- •Europe
- •Litchfield, Connecticut
- •Mexico and/or Central America
- •Minnesota, Upper Mississippi Before 1900
- •Missouri River Valley Before 1900
- •Niagara Falls
- •Pacific Northwest Before 1900
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
- •Platte River Valley Before 1900
- •South America
- •Virginia Before 1900
- •West of Missouri River Before 1900
- •Yellowstone National Park
Art Association
- •American Academy of Fine Arts
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
Art School
- •National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Anschutz Collection
- •Green-Wood Cemetery Collection
- •John F Eulich Collection
- •Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection
- •U.S. Embassy, Art in Embassies Program, Foundation
- •Warner Collection
- •William Foxley Collection-Western
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
- •Miniature Specialty
- •Portrait Miniatures
- •Printmaking Specialty
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
- •Western Subject Specialty
- •Wildlife Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Charles Russell Art Show/Auction/ and/or Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts