A self-taught artist, George Catlin is best remembered for his extensive travels across the American West, recording the lives of Native Americans in a collection of images the artist …

Traveling to the American West five times during the 1830s, Catlin wrote about and painted portraits that depicted the life of the Plains Indians. His early work included engravings, drawn …

George Catlin (July 26, 1796 – December 23, 1872) was an American painter, author, and traveler, who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the Old West. Travelling to the …

Jan 20, 2021 · Portrait paintings by George Catlin in the Smithsonian American Art Museum (2 C, 232 F)

Sep 5, 2002 · George Catlin and His Indian Gallery celebrates a crown jewel in the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection — the nearly complete surviving set of Catlin’s first Indian …

George Catlin was an American artist known for his paintings of Native American culture during the early 19th century. View George Catlin’s 364 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth …

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Nov 24, 2005 · These paintings—drawn from the nearly complete surviving set of Catlin's first Indian Gallery painted in the 1830s—are considered an authentic record of early Plains Indian …

George Catlin (1796-1872), a self-trained artist, was among the first painters who traveled west to record American Indian subjects and environments.

During the mid-19th century, George Catlin created two large collections of paintings featuring Indian portraits, genre scenes, and western landscapes. The first collection, which he called …