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John Vanderlyn. Murder of Jane McCrea. 1800
-studied with Gilbert Stuart
-popular tale of romance and horror
-very American |
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Charles Bird King. Young Omahaw, War Eagle, Little Missouri, and Pawnee. 1820
-made in a studio
-wearing peace medal
-Artist was sympathetic |
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George Catlin. Mah-To-Toh-Ta (Four Bears) Mandan Chief. 1832
-miniatures
-his own mother and grandmother were captured
-visits 48 different tribes
-documents and interviews indians
-1830 indian removal act |
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George Catlin. The Last Race, Part of the Okipa Ceremony (Mandan). 1832
-Sioux Indians
-ceremony creation of life
-warriors had to prove themselves, starved, tortured
-Ran around to see who is the strongest |
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Seth Eastman. Lacrosse Playing Among the Sioux Indians. 1850
-Eastman studied in army to draw terrain
-preserved indian customs
-commisioned by congress to paint this |
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Thomas Moran, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. 1870
-british born
-promoted national parks
-most people never knew what it looked like out west |
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James Audubon. Golden Eagle Female Adult. 1832
-was never meant to be fine art
-painted for science reasonns
-watercolor, life-size
-America's first naturalist
-published in book in Scotland, Birds of America |
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