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The Artist and Advocate for the Native American Indians
By: Amy Seubert
IAS 108, CSUF
12-08-2010
George Catlin
•1796-1872
•As a young boy he
heard many stories
about the native
Americans
•He was committed to
preserving the
traditions of the
Native Americans. In
fact it was William
Clark who
encouraged him to
study these
fascinating people.
George Catlin
We will examine four different pieces created by George Catlin.
From these paintings we will learn more about the Native Americans.
“Sioux Mother and Baby”
“The Buffalo Chase ‘Singing Out’”
“Sioux Village”
“Mandan Indian Ha-Na-Tah-Muah, Wolf Chief”
Native American Indians
“Sioux Mother and Baby” c. 1830
What do you think the artist is trying to suggest about these people by producing this piece?
He uses a pathos approach to change the way the American public felt about these people.
“The Buffalo Chase ‘Singing Out’”This is a landscape.
What to do think the man in this picture is doing?
“The Buffalo Chase ‘Singing Out’”
This picture reminds us that Indians hunt in a very different way than the Europeans hunted. And soon the Europeans would make the Buffalo almost non-existent
“Sioux Village”This picture
is a landscape
What do you notice about this picture?
“Sioux Village”The Native
American culture places great emphasis on community and family.
This is a portrait.Who do think this
man is ?What role do you
think he played in the tribe?
“Mandan Indian Ha-Na-Tah-Muah, Wolf Chief”
The chief was an important figure in the culture of the Native Americans.
They often played a significant role in dealing with the Europeans.
“No one can appreciate their nobility
without seeing them in their own country. I will do all I can to make
their looks and customs known to the
world”, (Sufrin, p.65). - George Catlin quoted in “ George Catlin, Painter of the Indian West”, by Mark Sufrin.
Image by: Robert Stadler, www.photographyblogger.net
Sufrin, Mark. “George Catlin: Painter of the Indian West”. New York, Maxwell Macmillan International, 1991. Print.
“Catlin Virtual Exhibition”. George Catlin and His Indian Gallery. Accessed December, 12, 2010. n.p. n.d. http://americanart.si.edu/catlin/highlights.html
“George Catlin , 1842-1877”. NativeUSA.org Peoples of the Plains . Accessed December, 12, 2010. n.p. n.d. http://www.nativeusa.org/gcatlin.htm
Catlin, George."Sioux Mother and Baby" c.1830. Painting. “George Catlin , The Complete Works”. Accessed December, 12, 2010. n.p. n.d. www.georgecatlin.org.
Catlin, George." "The Buffalo Chase "Singing Out'" . Painting. “George Catlin , The Complete Works”. Accessed December, 12, 2010. n.p. n.d. www.georgecatlin.org
Catlin, George." Sioux Village " . Painting. “George Catlin , The Complete Works”. Accessed December, 12, 2010. n.p. n.d. www.georgecatlin.org
Works Cited
Works Cited Catlin, George.“Mandan Indian Ha-Na-Tah-Muah, Wolf
Chief”. Painting. “George Catlin , The Complete Works”. Accessed December, 12, 2010. n.p. n.d. www.georgecatlin.org
Fiske, William.”George Catlin”. c. 1849. Painting. “Museum Sydnicate”. Accessed December, 12, 2010. Dunder, Jonathan. www.museumsundicate.com
Dunder, Jonathan. “Museum Sydnicate”. Accessed December, 12, 2010. www.museumsundicate.com
Stadler Robert. “12 Interesting Question Mark Pictures”. Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 . Accessed December, 12, 2010. www.photographyblogger.net