Anukite' and Lakota Tradition Aug 5, 2008
Peter Matthiessen, ed., George Catlin: North American Indians. (New York: Penguin Group, 1989). (Suite101.com)
Try taking a little vacation right here in your own backyard Jun 22, 2008
Prints of world-famous ethnographer and artist George Catlin also hang at the house. Born in the Wyoming Valley, his ties to Lewis and Clark gained him access to the West, where he painted exquisite works of many American Indian tribes. (Scranton Times, PA)
The Creator Spirit Jun 9, 2008
The ceremonies and special dance rituals that the American artist George Catlin was a witness to were a celebration of the power of this venerated spirit ... Peter Matthiessen, ed., George Catlin: North American Indians. (Suite101.com)
Gallery Ghost by Anna Nilsen May 22, 2008
George Catlin (The White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas). Lyonel Feininger (The Bicycle Race). (Suite101.com)
'Remington Looking West' recalls the end of an era Apr 15, 2008
George Catlin made iconic portraits of Native Americans in the 1830s and '40s. Albert Bierstadt painted sweeping Western vistas from the 1850s to the 1870s. (Boston Globe)
Native Herbalists Jan 21, 2008
The most vivid description of the art of healing comes from the journals of George Catlin, who bore witness to one such ceremony in his study of the Blackfeet in 1832 ... Peter Matthiessen, ed., George Catlin: North American Indians. (Suite101.com)
Shaman and the Medicine Men Jan 14, 2008
In his study of native tribes of the western plains, the 19th century American artist and ersatz cultural historian George Catlin observed that there is more than one medicine man in an Indian community ... Peter Matthiessen, ed., George Catlin: North American Indians. (Suite101.com)
Feathers, sequins and the noble white man Oct 19, 2007
ance, calling on the spirit of French Romantic painter Eugene Delacroix as well as the ghosts of explorer-artists Paul Kane and George Catlin, both of whom made pictures of aboriginal life in the West for the delectation of their white audiences back home. Monkman, who is also known for his paintings and watercolours, is of blended ancestry (part Cree, part British and Irish), a delicately built man with handsome aquiline features, lively eyes and fluidly expressive hands that stir the air... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
At home: Power, comfort flow in the Cheneys' abode Oct 5, 2007
-On the second-floor landing is a trio of George Catlin's signature portraits of American Indians: Whirling Thunder, Eldest Son of Black Hawk; Bear-Catcher, a Celebrated Warrior; and He Who Ties His Hair Before ... An enormous abstract painting by Helen Frankenthaler dominates the living room, and three portraits of American Indians by George Catlin are lined up on the landing. (USA Today -- Life)
VICKERS/Mississippi's oldest sport Jun 7, 2007
Except for the number of players, the game is played today much as it was when the artist George Catlin painted several hundred players engaged in a game in the 1830s. Opposing teams use handcrafted sticks (Kabocca), and a woven leather ball (towa). (Philadelphia Neshoba Democrat, MS)
‘Destination' collection: Nordeen family donates 161 pieces of Western art to UM museum Jun 3, 2007
Karl Bodmer, Eanger Irving Couse, George Catlin, Edward Borein, Ace Powell, Edgar Paxson, Frederic Remington, C.M. Russell and John Dare Howland are just some of the artists whose work is being catalogued by curators at UM's Montana Museum of Art and Culture. These guys aren't posers particularly Howland many of them lived and breathed the world they painted, said Manuela Well-Off-Man, the museum's curator. (Missoulian, MT)
Curious George: Revisiting a writer's turbulent, adventurous life Feb 19, 2007
The book opens with a story of Sand's 1845 encounter with White Cloud, a warrior of the Ioway tribe brought to Paris as part of an exhibition assembled by the American painter George Catlin. Sand fell in with the European romantic craze for all things Indian, gushing in print over White Cloud's "affectionate and noble discourse" -- but she also, Eisler notes, did investigative research into tribal rights, broken treaties, and the wasting of Indian settlements by disease. (Boston Globe)
UM Museum receives major art donationPosted on Feb. 18 Feb 19, 2007
The collection includes works by some of the best-known pioneers of Western art, including Karl Bodmer, Edward Borein, George Catlin, Ace Powell, Edgar Paxson, Frederic Remington and C.M. Russell ... The collection also includes three hand-tinted lithographs by George Catlin that document native life and landscapes he experienced during his excursions of the 1830s and 1840s. (Missoulian, MT)
