`GEORGE CATLIN AND HIS INDIAN GALLERY' SEPT. 6-JAN. 19

From: The Boston Globe | Date: August 25, 2002| Author: JAN SHEPHERD | Copyright information

BEFORE PHOTOGRAPHY, PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS WERE THE VISUAL RECORDS OF LIFESTYLES AND CUSTOMS. BETWEEN 1830 AND 1836, SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST GEORGE CATLIN (1796-1872) MADE FIVE TRIPS TO THE PLAINS, VISITING 50 TRIBES WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI, DETERMINED TO DOCUMENT THE LIVES OF AMERICAN INDIANS BEFORE THEIR WAY OF LIFE BECAME FOREVER ALTERED BY THE NATION'S WESTWARD EXPANSION. BACK EAST, HE CREATED HIS INDIAN GALLERY OF 500 PAINTINGS AND ARTIFACTS, BUT BANKRUPTCY FORCED HIM TO SELL IT IN 1852 TO PH...

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