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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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Tsee mount, Great Wonder, Carrying Her Baby in Her Robe by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionTsee mount, Great Wonder, Carrying Her Baby in Her RobeGeorge Catlin$259Tul lock chish ko, Drinks the Juice of the Stone, in Ball player’s Dress by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionTul lock chish ko, Drinks the Juice of the Stone, in Ball player’s DressGeorge Catlin$259U’sh ee kitz, He Who Fights with a Feather, Chief of the Tribe by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionU’sh ee kitz, He Who Fights with a Feather, Chief of the TribeGeorge Catlin$259View from Floyd’s Grave, 1300 Miles above St. Louis by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionView from Floyd’s Grave, 1300 Miles above St. LouisGeorge Catlin$249Your own photo?

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Commission a painting View in the Cross Timbers, Texas by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionView in the Cross Timbers, TexasGeorge Catlin$249View in the Grand Detour, 1900 Miles above St. Louis by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionView in the Grand Detour, 1900 Miles above St. LouisGeorge Catlin$259View of the Canadian River, Dragoons Crossing by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionView of the Canadian River, Dragoons CrossingGeorge Catlin$249View of the Junction of the Red River and the False Washita, in Texas by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionView of the Junction of the Red River and the False Washita, in TexasGeorge Catlin$249View on Lake St. Croix, Upper Mississippi by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionView on Lake St. Croix, Upper MississippiGeorge Catlin$249View on the Missouri, Alluvial Banks Falling in, 600 Miles above St. Louis by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionView on the Missouri, Alluvial Banks Falling in, 600 Miles above St. LouisGeorge Catlin$259View on the St. Peter’s River, Sioux Indians Pursuing a Stag in their Canoes by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionView on the St. Peter’s River, Sioux Indians Pursuing a Stag in their CanoesGeorge Catlin$249View on the Upper Mississippi, Beautiful Prairie Bluffs by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionView on the Upper Mississippi, Beautiful Prairie BluffsGeorge Catlin$249View on the Wisconsin River, Winnebago Shooting Ducks by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionView on the Wisconsin River, Winnebago Shooting DucksGeorge Catlin$249Wah chee hahs ka, Man Who Puts All Out of Doors by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionWah chee hahs ka, Man Who Puts All Out of DoorsGeorge Catlin$259Wah chees, a Brave by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionWah chees, a BraveGeorge Catlin$259Wah kon ze kaw, The Snake by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionWah kon ze kaw, The SnakeGeorge Catlin$249Wa ho beck ee, a Handsome Brave by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionWa ho beck ee, a Handsome BraveGeorge Catlin$259Wa hon ga shee, No Fool, a Great Fop by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionWa hon ga shee, No Fool, a Great FopGeorge Catlin$259Wah pa ko las kuk, Bear’s Track by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionWah pa ko las kuk, Bear’s TrackGeorge Catlin$259Wah pe kee suck, White Cloud, Adviser to Black Hawk by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionWah pe kee suck, White Cloud, Adviser to Black HawkGeorge Catlin$259Wah pe say, The White by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionWah pe say, The WhiteGeorge Catlin$259Wah pe seh see, Mother of the Chief by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionWah pe seh see, Mother of the ChiefGeorge Catlin$259Wah pon jee a, The Swan, a Warrior by George Catlin, hand-painted oil painting reproductionWah pon jee a, The Swan, a WarriorGeorge Catlin$259
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