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Reich, Susanna.
PAINTING THE WILD FRONTIER : THE ART AND ADVENTURES OF GEORGE CATLIN
New York : Clarion Books, 2008
IL 5-8, RL 5.2
ISBN 0618714707
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 George Catlin was a painter who traveled around the west during the 1800s and painted portraits of Native Americans.  As a white man, his prospective on Indian culture was biased by his own culture.  He tried to capture the Indian ceremonies and cultural events.  In spite of his own prejudices, his painting remain a collection of the finest paintings of a vanishing Indian life.
SUBJECTS:     Catlin, George, 1796-1872.
                        Painters.
                        Indians in art.
                        West (U.S.) In art.

 
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