Historical Figure
George Catlin
George Catlin was a self-taught American painter who devoted his career to documenting Native American peoples and their cultures across the Great Plains and Upper Missouri during the 1830s. He produced over 500 paintings of Native individuals and scenes from more than 50 tribes, many of the same peoples encountered by Lewis and Clark three decades earlier. His Indian Gallery remains one of the most significant visual records of pre-reservation Native American life in the West.
Portrait: Public Domain, William Fisk (1849), National Portrait Gallery
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7 total items
Art (7)
Pipestone Quarry on the Coteau des Prairies
George Catlin, 1836
Oil on canvas
Bull Dance, Mandan O-kee-pa Ceremony
George Catlin, 1832
Oil on canvas, 23¼ × 28 inches
Fort Union, Mouth of the Yellowstone River
George Catlin, 1832
Oil on canvas
Mah-to-toh-pa, Four Bears, Second Chief in Full Dress
George Catlin, 1832
Oil on canvas, 29 × 24 inches
Floyd’s Grave
George Catlin, 1832
Oil on canvas
Buffalo Chase, Mouth of the Yellowstone
George Catlin, 1832–1833
Oil on canvas, 24 × 29 inches
Bird’s-Eye View of the Mandan Village
George Catlin, 1837–1839
Oil on canvas, 24⅛ × 29 inches
