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| George Catlin in 1868 |
George Catlin (1796 – 1872) was an American painter, author, and traveller, who specialised in portraits of Native Americans in the Old West. Travelling to the American West five times during the 1830s, Catlin was the first white man to depict Plains Indians in their native territory.
Travelling with fur company representatives, cavalry officers, and later alone on multiple western journeys, George Catlin gathered drawings, sketches, and notes that would allow him to create an “Indian Gallery”- a collection of more than 500 paintings of American Indians. By the end of the decade, he would be widely recognised as the most celebrated painter of America’s native people.
“I have visited forty-eight different tribes, the greater part of which I found speaking different languages, and containing in all 400,000 souls. I have brought home safe, and in good order, 310 portraits in oil, all painted in their native dress, and in their own wigwams . . . as well as a very extensive and curious collection of their costumes, and all their other manufactures, from the size of a wigwam down to the size of a quill or a rattle.”
For more information about George Catlin see part 1. For earlier works see parts 1 - 6 also.
This is part 7 of a 7-part series on the works of George Catlin:
1847-48 La Salle Expedition:
1847-48 La Salle Expedition:
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| 1847-48 Father Hennepin and Companions at the Falls of St. Anthony. May 1, 1680 oil on canvas 37.8 x 56.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1847-48 Father Hennepin and Two Companions Made Prisoners by the Sioux. April 1680 oil on canvas 42 x 60.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1847-48 Father Hennepin Leaving the Mississippi to Join La Salle. May 8, 1680 oil in canvas 37.8 x 56.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1847-48 First Sailing of the Griffin on Lake Erie. August 7, 1679 oil on canvas 37.8 x 56.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1847-48 La Salle and Party Arrive at the Village of the Illinois. January 1, 1680 oil on canvas 37.8 x 56.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1847-48 La Salle Claiming Louisiana for France. April 9, 1682 oil on canvas 37.8 x 56.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1847-48 La Salle Driving the First Bolt for the Griffin. January 26, 1679 oil on canvas 37.8 x 56.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1847-48 La Salle Meets a War Party of Cenis Indians on a Texas Prairie. April 25, 1686 oil on canvas 37.8 x 56.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1847-48 La Salle Taking Possession of the Land at the Mouth of the Arkansas. March 10, 1682 oil on canvas 37.8 x 56.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1847-48 La Salle's Party Entering the Mississippi in Canoes. February 6, 1682 oil on canvas 37.8 x 56.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1847-48 La Salle's Party Feasted in the Illinois Village. January 2, 1680 oil on canvas 42 x 60.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1847-48 Launching of the Griffin. July 1679 oil on canvas 37.8 x 56.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1847-48 Portage Around the Falls of Niagara at Table Rock oil on canvas 37.8 x 56.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1847-48 The Expedition Encamped below the Falls of Niagara. January 20, 1679 oil on canvas 37.8 x 56.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1847-48 The Griffin Entering the Harbour at Mackinaw. August 27, 1679 oil on canvas 38 x 56.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1947-48 Father Hennepin and Companions Passing Lover's Leap. April 1680 oil on canvas 37.8 x 56.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1851-52 South Side of Cedar Island Showing the Beautiful Buffalo Bush, with its Leaves and Red Fruit oil on canvas 28.5 x 37.1 cm Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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| 1851-52 The First Regiment of the U. S. Dragoons oil on canvas 28.5 x 37.4 cm Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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| 1851-52 The Little Falls, near the Falls of St. Anthony oil on canvas 28.5 x 37.1 cm Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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| 1854 A Snow Landscape with Buffalo oil on canvas 48.2 x 67.3 cm Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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| 1854 Buffaloes oil on canvas 48.2 x 67.3 cm Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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| 1854 Tal-Lee, a Warrior of Distinction watercolour on paper 19 x 24.1 cm Private Collection |
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| 1854-59 Connibos Starting for Wild Horses oil on card mounted on paperboard 47.2 x 63.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1854-69 Entrance to a Lagoon, Shore of the Amazon oil on card mounted on paperboard 48.2 x 63.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1854-69 A Connibo Indian Family oil on card mounted on paperboard 46.5 x 61.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1854-69 Five Caribbe Indians oil on card mounted on paperboard 46.7 x 62 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1854-69 Four Angustura Indians oil on card mounted on paperboard 46.5 x 62.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1854-69 Four Macouchi Indians oil on card mounted on paperboard 46.4 x 62.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1854-69 Four Sepibo Indians oil on card mounted on paperboard 46.7 x 61.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1854-69 Four Xingu Indians oil on card mounted on paperboard 45.8 x 60.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1854-69 Four Zurumati Children oil on card mounted on paperboard 46.3 x 62.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1856 Ambush for flamingos in South America watercolour and gouache on paper 53.3 x 67.9 cm Private Collection |
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| 1861-69 A Dog Feast ( Sioux tribe ) oil on card mounted on paperboard 47.3 x 63.8 cm |
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| 1865 Chief Black Rock with His Wife and Daughter, 1865 watercolour 36.8 x 49.5 cm ( image ) Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1865-71c Little Bear, Steep Wind, The Dog: Three Distinguished Warriors of the Sioux Tribe oil on paperboard 47.7 x 63.3 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC |
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| n.d. Buffalo Hunt in Winter oil on canvas 66 x 81.2 cm Musée de l'Homme, Paris |
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| n.d. Buffalo Hunt on Snowshoes oil on canvas 64.7 x 81.2 cm Gilcrease museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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| n.d. Buffalo Hunt, Chasing Back oil on canvas 64.7 x 81.2 cm Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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| n.d. Joc-o-sot, the Walking Bear lithograph Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC |
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| n.d. The Rattle Snakes Den ( Fountain of Poison ) oil on canvas 45.7 x 67.9 cm Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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| n.d. Pshán-shaw, the Sweet-Scented Grass, Arikara oil on canvas 71.1 x 50 cm Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma Not dated: Watercolour series: |
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| n.d. Kee-mo-rá-nia, No English ( Peoria Tribe ) watercolour on paper mounted on card 15.5 x 12.7 cm Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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| n.d. Men-són-se-ah, The Left Hand ( Piankashaw Tribe ) watercolour on paper mounted on card 15.2 x 12 cm Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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| n.d. Ni-a-có-mo, To Fix With the Foot ( Piankshaw Tribe ) watercolour on paper mounted on card 14.6 x 12.7 cm |
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| n.d. Ni-có-man, The Answer ( Delaware Tribe ) watercolour on paper mounted on card 15.5 x 14.2 cm Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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| n.d. On-sáw-kie, The Sac, Potawatomie watercolour on paper mounted on card 15.2 x 13.9 cm Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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| n.d. Pah-mee-ców-ee-tah, The Man Who Tracks ( Peoria Tribe ) watercolour on paper mounted on card 14.9 x 13.9 cm Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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| n.d. Seet-Sé-be-a, The Mid-day Sun ( Hidatsa Tribe ) watercolour on paper 22.8 x 17.4 cm Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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| n.d. Tcha-tó-ga, Mad Buffalo ( Osage Tribe ) watercolour on paper mounted on card 17.4 x 13.9 cm Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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| n.d. Ten-squát-a-way, The Open Door, The "Shawnee Prophet" ( Shawnee Tribe ) watercolour on paper mounted on card 19 x 16.1 cm Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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| n.d. Wáh-pe-say, The White ( Wea Tribe ) watercolour on paper mounted on card 15.2 x 13.6 cm Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma |