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George Catlin (1796-1872)
Professions: Painter
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GEORGE CATLIN
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George Catlin 1796-1872 , Indians Hunting the Grizzly Bear oil on board
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CATLIN, George (1796-1872). Catlin's North American
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Indian Encampment
George Catlin Biography
(b Wilkes-Barre, PA, 26 July 1796; d Jersey City, NJ, 23 Dec 1872). American painter and writer. Following a brief career as a lawyer, he produced two major collections of paintings of American Indians and published a series of books chronicling his travels among the native peoples of North, Central and South America. Claiming his interest in America’s ‘vanishing race’ was sparked by a visiting American Indian delegation in Philadelphia, he set out to record the appearance and customs of America’s native people. He began his journey in 1830 when he accompanied Gen. William Clark on a diplomatic mission up the Mississippi River into Native American territory. Two years later he ascended the Missouri River over 3000 km to Ft Union, where he spent several weeks among indigenous people still relatively untouched by European civilization. There, at the edge of the frontier, he produced the most vivid and penetrating portraits of his career. Later trips along the Arkansas, Red and Mississippi rivers as well as visits to Florida and the Great Lakes resulted in over 500 paintings and a substantial collection of artefacts. In 1837 he mounted the first serious exhibition of his ‘Indian Gallery’, published his first catalogue and began delivering public lectures, which drew on his personal recollections of life among the American Indians. Soon afterwards he began a lifelong effort to sell his American Indian collection to the US government. When Congress rejected his initial petition, he took the Indian Gallery abroad and in 1840 began a European tour in London.
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![CATLIN, George (1796-1872). Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America. London: C. and J. Adlard for George Catlin [but Henry Bohn], 1844 [or 1845]., George Catlin, Click for value](http://image.invaluable.com/housePhotos/christies/01/134301/H0027-L00108887_th.jpg "CATLIN, George (1796-1872). Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America. London: C. and J. Adlard for George Catlin [but Henry Bohn], 1844 [or 1845]., George Catlin, Click for value")
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CATLIN, George (1796-1872). Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America. London: C. and J. Adlard for George Catlin [but Henry Bohn], 1844 [or 1845].
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George Catlin Deer Hunting by Moonlight oil painting
