George Catlin · 400 Gallery Paintings · Includes Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Conditions of North American Indians

GEORGE CATLIN Art Book contains 40 Reproductions of Indian portraits and genre scenes with title,date and interesting facts page below. Book includes Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for all Kindle readers and Tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing).

BORN: July 26, 1796 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

DIED: December 23, 1872 in Jersey City, New Jersey.

MOVEMENT: American

INTERESTING FACTS:

§ In 1826, Catlin was elected to the National Academy of Design.

§ In 1830, he traveled West to document the lives and heritage of the Native American Indians on the Great Plains.

§ During Catlin’s travels, he created more than 500 paintings and sketches.

§ After returning from the West in 1838, Catlin created an exhibition called Indian Gallery, that included his paintings and artifacts. He traveled to the major US and § § § European cities with his exhibition.

NOTABLE WORKS:

The White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas; Black Hawk, Múk-a-tah-mish-o-káh-kaik, a Sauk chief; and Bison.