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George Catlin: American Indian Portraits Book

HardCover. Pub Date :2013-03-29 Pages: 192 Language: English Publisher: Thames Hudson This book. and the exhibition it accompanies. showcases works from George Catlins Indian Gallery - a series of portraits not seen in the UK since the 1840s - . and seeks to reposition this remarkable artist for a contemporary audience The authors explore the origins of Catlins achievement: his ambition to record what he believed to be dying cultures. and his collecting activities. educational intentions and methods of exhibition and display. which demonstrate the . growth of a new sensibility towards native peoples While Catlins work is well known in the United States. especially in Washington DC. where most of it is still housed in the Smithsonian Institution. George Catlin: American Indian Portraits will help to bring these spectacular pictures to new audiences in Britain and around the w...Read More

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  • Blackwell

    George Catlin (1796 - 1872) was a Pennsylvania-born artist, writer and showman whose portraits of Native Americans are among the most important representations of indigenous peoples ever made. This book features over fifty of Catlin's finest...

  • 1855144573
  • 9781855144576
  • Stephanie Pratt, Joan Carpenter Troccoli
  • 3 January 2013
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 192
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