Canton Museum of Art
1001 Market Avenue North
Canton, OH 44702
Canton, OH 44702
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1868 Whitewater, Wisconsin - 1952 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Historical photographs of Native American culture.
EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS (1868 - 1952). Born in 1868 near Whitewater, Wisconsin, Edward Sheriff Curtis became one of America's finest photographers and ethnologists. Beginning in 1896 and ending in... Read full biography
EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS (1868 - 1952). Born in 1868 near Whitewater, Wisconsin, Edward Sheriff Curtis became one of America's finest photographers and ethnologists. Beginning in 1896 and ending in 1930, Curtis photographed and documented every major Native American tribe west of the Mississippi,... Read full biography
EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS (1868 - 1952). Born in 1868 near Whitewater, Wisconsin, Edward Sheriff Curtis became one of America's finest photographers and ethnologists. Beginning in 1896 and ending in 1930, Curtis photographed and documented every major Native American tribe west of the Mississippi, taking over 40,000 negatives of eighty tribes. For thirty years, he devoted his life to an odyssey of photographing and documenting the lives and traditions of the Native people of North America. His... Read full biography
EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS (1868 - 1952). Born in 1868 near Whitewater, Wisconsin, Edward Sheriff Curtis became one of America's finest photographers and ethnologists. Beginning in 1896 and ending in 1930, Curtis photographed and documented every major Native American tribe west of the Mississippi, taking over 40,000 negatives of eighty tribes. For thirty years, he devoted his life to an odyssey of photographing and documenting the lives and traditions of the Native people of North America. His photographs had an immense impact on the national imagination and continue to shape the way we see Native life and culture. Edward's father, Reverend Johnson Curtis, had returned from the Civil War penniless and debilitated, and young Curtis and his... Read full biography
EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS (1868 - 1952). Born in 1868 near Whitewater, Wisconsin, Edward Sheriff Curtis became one of America's finest photographers and ethnologists. Beginning in 1896 and ending in 1930, Curtis photographed and documented every major Native American tribe west of the Mississippi, taking over 40,000 negatives of eighty tribes. For thirty years, he devoted his life to an odyssey of photographing and documenting the lives and traditions of the Native people of North America. His photographs had an immense impact on the national imagination and continue to shape the way we see Native life and culture. Edward's father, Reverend Johnson Curtis, had returned from the Civil War penniless and debilitated, and young Curtis and his three siblings grew up in poverty. The family moved to Cordova, Minnesota soon after his birth, where his father continued his vocation as an... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (9)
All MuseumsDubuque Museum of Art
701 Locust Street
Dubuque, IA 52001Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum
8888 University Drive West
Burnaby, BC BC V5A 1S6
CanadaMinnesota Museum of American Art
350 Robert Street North
St. Paul, MN 55101National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
1700 Ne 63rd Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73111Oklahoma City Museum of Art, OKCMOA
415 Couch Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73102Portland Art Museum, Oregon
1219 Sw Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (SAMA)
Altoona Facility (Brett Building)
1210 11th Ave
Altoona, PA 16601University of Wyoming Art Museum
Centennial Complex
2111 Willett Drive
Laramie, WY 82071