The Artist and Advocate for the Native American Indians

By: Amy Seubert

IAS 108, CSUF

12-08-2010

George Catlin

•1796-1872

•As a young boy he

heard many stories

about the native

Americans

•He was committed to

preserving the

traditions of the

Native Americans. In

fact it was William

Clark who

encouraged him to

study these

fascinating people.

George Catlin

We will examine four different pieces created by George Catlin.

From these paintings we will learn more about the Native Americans.

“Sioux Mother and Baby”

“The Buffalo Chase ‘Singing Out’”

“Sioux Village”

“Mandan Indian Ha-Na-Tah-Muah, Wolf Chief”

Native American Indians

“Sioux Mother and Baby” c. 1830

What do you think the artist is trying to suggest about these people by producing this piece?

He uses a pathos approach to change the way the American public felt about these people.

“The Buffalo Chase ‘Singing Out’”This is a landscape.

What to do think the man in this picture is doing?

“The Buffalo Chase ‘Singing Out’”

This picture reminds us that Indians hunt in a very different way than the Europeans hunted. And soon the Europeans would make the Buffalo almost non-existent

“Sioux Village”This picture

is a landscape

What do you notice about this picture?

“Sioux Village”The Native

American culture places great emphasis on community and family.

This is a portrait.Who do think this

man is ?What role do you

think he played in the tribe?

“Mandan Indian Ha-Na-Tah-Muah, Wolf Chief”

The chief was an important figure in the culture of the Native Americans.

They often played a significant role in dealing with the Europeans.

“No one can appreciate their nobility

without seeing them in their own country. I will do all I can to make

their looks and customs known to the

world”, (Sufrin, p.65). - George Catlin quoted in “ George Catlin, Painter of the Indian West”, by Mark Sufrin.

Image by: Robert Stadler, www.photographyblogger.net

Sufrin, Mark. “George Catlin: Painter of the Indian West”. New York, Maxwell Macmillan International, 1991. Print.

“Catlin Virtual Exhibition”. George Catlin and His Indian Gallery. Accessed December, 12, 2010. n.p. n.d. http://americanart.si.edu/catlin/highlights.html

“George Catlin , 1842-1877”. NativeUSA.org  Peoples of the Plains . Accessed December, 12, 2010. n.p. n.d. http://www.nativeusa.org/gcatlin.htm

Catlin, George."Sioux Mother and Baby" c.1830. Painting. “George Catlin , The Complete Works”. Accessed December, 12, 2010. n.p. n.d. www.georgecatlin.org.

Catlin, George." "The Buffalo Chase "Singing Out'" . Painting. “George Catlin , The Complete Works”. Accessed December, 12, 2010. n.p. n.d. www.georgecatlin.org

Catlin, George." Sioux Village " . Painting. “George Catlin , The Complete Works”. Accessed December, 12, 2010. n.p. n.d. www.georgecatlin.org

Works Cited

Works Cited Catlin, George.“Mandan Indian Ha-Na-Tah-Muah, Wolf

Chief”. Painting. “George Catlin , The Complete Works”. Accessed December, 12, 2010. n.p. n.d. www.georgecatlin.org

Fiske, William.”George Catlin”. c. 1849. Painting. “Museum Sydnicate”. Accessed December, 12, 2010. Dunder, Jonathan. www.museumsundicate.com

Dunder, Jonathan. “Museum Sydnicate”. Accessed December, 12, 2010. www.museumsundicate.com

Stadler Robert. “12 Interesting Question Mark Pictures”. Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 . Accessed December, 12, 2010. www.photographyblogger.net