George Catlin

1796–1872 · United States · Realism

George Catlin (July 26, 1796 – December 23, 1872) was an American lawyer, painter, author, and traveler, who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the American frontier. Traveling to the American West five times during the 1830s, Catlin wrote about and painted portraits that depicted the life of the Plains Indians. Wikipedia

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“Sha-có-pay, The Six, Chief of the Plains Ojibwa”, 1832 — Smithsonian American Art Museum
“Comanche Feats of Horsemanship”, 1834 — Smithsonian American Art Museum
“The White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas”, 1844
“See-non-ty-a, an Iowa Medicine Man”, 1844
“Stu-mick-o-súcks, Buffalo Bull's Back Fat, Head Chief, Blood Tribe”, 1832 — Smithsonian American Art Museum
“Wán-ee-ton, Chief of the Tribe”, 1832 — Smithsonian American Art Museum
“Téh-tóot-sah (better known as Tohausen, Little Bluff), First Chief”, 1834 — Smithsonian American Art Museum
“The Falls of Saint Anthony”, 1871 — Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
“A Choctaw Woman”, 1834 — Smithsonian American Art Museum
“Mrs. George Catlin (Clara Bartlet Gregory)”, 1830 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Portrait of a Gentleman”, 1827 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Joseph Stallings”, 1829 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Portrait of a Gentleman”, 1835 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Father Hennepin and Two Companions Made Prisoners by the Sioux. April 1680”, 1847
“Father Hennepin Leaving the Mississippi to Join La Salle. May 8, 1680”, 1847
“First Sailing of the Griffin on Lake Erie. August 7, 1679”, 1847
“The Griffin Entering the Harbor at Mackinaw. August 27, 1679”, 1847–1859
“The Female Eagle - Shawano”, 1830
“Boy Chief - Ojibbeway”, 1843
“The Beetle Crevice”, 1861
“Botocudo Chief, His Wife, and a Young Man”, 1861
“Bride and Groom on Horseback - Connibo”, 1861
“A Caribbe Village in Dutch Guiana”, 1861
“Chaco Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior”, 1861
“La Salle's Party Entering the Mississippi in Canoes. February 6, 1682”, 1847–1858
“La Salle's Party Feasted in the Illinois Village. January 2, 1680”, 1847–1857
“La Salle and Party Arrive at the Village of the Illinois. January 1, 1680”, 1847–1856
“La Salle Assassinated by Duhaut. May 19, 1686”, 1847–1855
“La Salle Claiming Louisiana for France. April 9, 1682”, 1847–1854
“Lengua Medicine Man with Two Warriors”, 1854–1886
“Luxuriant Forest on the Bank of the Amazon”, 1869
“Marahua Indians”, 1869
“Mauhees Encampment”, 1868
“A Mayoruna Village”, 1868
“Members of the Botocudo Tribe”, 1867
“Members of the Payaguas Tribe”, 1876
“Mouth of the Rio Purus”, 1876
“La Salle Taking Possession of the Land at the Mouth of the Arkansas. March 10, 1682”, 1847
“Launching of the Griffin. July 1679”, 1847
“Portage Around the Falls of Niagara at Table Rock”, 1847

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