George Catlin American Indian Portraits National Portrait Gallery George catlin | smithsonian american art museum. 7 march 23 june 2013. admission free. during the 1830s pennsylvania born artist george catlin (1796–1872) made five trips to the western united states to document the native american peoples and their way of life. the resulting portraits have become one of the most extensive, evocative and important records of indigenous peoples ever made.
George Catlin American Indian Portraits National Portrait Gallery George catlin george catlin. 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. his work remains the single greatest influence on the artistic and popular conception of north american indians. When george catlin (1796–1872), a young lawyer and struggling portrait painter, observed an american indian delegation passing through philadelphia in 1824, he became inspired to embark on a new career. admiring the indians’ grace and dignity – “arrayed and equipped in all their classical beauty”– and believing that their way of. George catlin and his indian gallery.
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