George Catlin's Native American Journey
by AE Staff
The Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery presents "George Catlin and His Indian Gallery" now through January 19, 2003. The Gallery contains portraits, landscapes, costumes, tools, and even a replica Sioux/Cheyenne-style tipi. There are more than 600 paintings--350 that are portraits of men and women of 48 different tribes and 250 that describe Native American landscapes, village scenes, games, and customs.
Catlin’s collection started in 1832 when he left “unaided and unadvised” to capture in brush strokes the manners and customs of the North American Indians. Catl...