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George Catlin

George Catlin (1796 - 1872) was active/lived in Pennsylvania, New Jersey.  George Catlin is known for Indian genre-figure and portrait painting.

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Born in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, George Catlin became the first American artist of stature to visit and depict the Plains Indians on his own volition, and he spent about eight years traveling among the 48 North American Indian tribes including to Alaska.  His sketches and paintings are the first and most important record of land west of the Mississippi River before white settlement.  Historian Robert Taft wrote that ..."it can be said that Catlin was the great publicist" of the upper Missouri region as a result of his trip in 1832. . . "I find Catlin's name the most frequently mentioned in biographical accounts of later artists of the West or for that matter one of the most frequently referred to authorities on the early history of the upper Missouri country." (38)

Catlin also recorded Indians in South America, where he toured from 1852 to 1857, having lost his collection of North American paintings to creditors.  To help him financially and to   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 14065 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 10 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 10 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by George Catlin as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists George Catlin in 3 of its research Essays. George Catlin has 3 artist signature examples available in our database.

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.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for George Catlin available:    Karl Bodmer,  Alfred Jacob Miller,  Ernest Leonard Blumenschein,  Gerard Curtis Delano,  Eanger Irving Couse,  Ernest Martin Hennings,  Victor Higgins,  Bert Geer Phillips,  Henry Francois Farny,  William Bill Gollings,  John James Laforest Audubon,  William Leigh,  Oscar Berninghaus,  Laverne Nelson Black,  Walter Ufer,  Seth Eastman,  Thomas Moran,  W Herbert (Buck) Dunton,  Charles (Carl) Schreyvogel,  Frank Tenney Johnson,  Edward (John Edward) Borein,  Gerald Ira Diamond Cassidy,  Henry Cornelius Balink,  John Stanley



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