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George Catlin

George Catlin

Catlin trained as a lawyer in Pennsylvania and practised for a couple of years before selling his law books to buy paint. In 1830 he went west, and kept going back for most of the decade, working among more than forty tribal nations along the Missouri and the Plains.

He painted fast, often in a single sitting, and the speed shows. These are not polished studio pictures. They are records made by someone who understood he was looking at something that was about to be destroyed, and who said so in print, loudly and unfashionably, for the rest of his life.

The resulting Indian Gallery ran to more than five hundred works. He toured it through American cities and then across Europe, hoping the government would buy it. They did not. He went bankrupt, the collection was seized against debt, and it took until long after his death for the paintings to reach the Smithsonian.

As ethnography the work is invaluable. As painting it is uneven and occasionally extraordinary.

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Ni a co mo, Fix With the Foot, a Brave by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionNi a co mo, Fix With the Foot, a BraveGeorge Catlin$259Nishnabottana Bluffs, 1070 Miles above St. Louis by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionNishnabottana Bluffs, 1070 Miles above St. LouisGeorge Catlin$249Nishnabottana Bluffs, Upper Missouri by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionNishnabottana Bluffs, Upper MissouriGeorge Catlin$259No ak choo she kaw, He Who Breaks the Bushes by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionNo ak choo she kaw, He Who Breaks the BushesGeorge Catlin$249Your own photo?

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Commission a painting No ho mun ya, One Who Gives No Attention by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionNo ho mun ya, One Who Gives No AttentionGeorge Catlin$259Not to way, a Chief by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionNot to way, a ChiefGeorge Catlin$259No way ke sug gah, He Who Strikes Two at Once, a Brave by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionNo way ke sug gah, He Who Strikes Two at Once, a BraveGeorge Catlin$259Om pah ton ga, Big Elk, a Famous Warrior by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionOm pah ton ga, Big Elk, a Famous WarriorGeorge Catlin$259O’n daig, The Crow, a Dandy by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionO’n daig, The Crow, a DandyGeorge Catlin$259On saw kie, The Sauk, in the Act of Praying by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionOn saw kie, The Sauk, in the Act of PrayingGeorge Catlin$259Oo je en a he a, Woman Who Lives in a Bear’s Den by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionOo je en a he a, Woman Who Lives in a Bear’s DenGeorge Catlin$259O ron gas see, Bear catcher, a Celebrated Warrior by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionO ron gas see, Bear catcher, a Celebrated WarriorGeorge Catlin$259Osceola Nick a no chee, a Boy by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionOsceola Nick a no chee, a BoyGeorge Catlin$249Os ce o la, The Black Drink, a Warrior of Great Distinction by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionOs ce o la, The Black Drink, a Warrior of Great DistinctionGeorge Catlin$259O ta wah, The Ottaway, a Warrior by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionO ta wah, The Ottaway, a WarriorGeorge Catlin$259Pah mee cow ee tah, Man Who Tracks, a Chief by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionPah mee cow ee tah, Man Who Tracks, a ChiefGeorge Catlin$259Pah shee nau shaw, a Warrior by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionPah shee nau shaw, a WarriorGeorge Catlin$259Pah ta coo chee, Shooting Cedar, a Brave by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionPah ta coo chee, Shooting Cedar, a BraveGeorge Catlin$259Pah te coo saw, Straight Man, Semicivilized by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionPah te coo saw, Straight Man, SemicivilizedGeorge Catlin$259Pa hu sha, White Hair, the Younger, a Band Chief by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionPa hu sha, White Hair, the Younger, a Band ChiefGeorge Catlin$259Pam a ho, The Swimmer, One of Black Hawk’s Warriors by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionPam a ho, The Swimmer, One of Black Hawk’s WarriorsGeorge Catlin$259Pa ris ka roo pa, Two Crows, a Band Chief by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionPa ris ka roo pa, Two Crows, a Band ChiefGeorge Catlin$259Pa ris ka roo pa, Two Crows, a Chief by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionPa ris ka roo pa, Two Crows, a ChiefGeorge Catlin$259
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