At the end of the 19th century, the USA stood for the dawn of modernity. Industrialisation and capitalism shaped the new dynamic world power and made it the land of unlimited opportunities for Europeans. At the same time, the United States also brought forth a tradition of criticism of civilization, for which Henry David Thoreau and his novel "Walden" are representative. Thoreau sang the song of praise to the simple life, against the urban world of modernity. George Catlin stands in this tradition. The conquest of the West took place in the fight against the indigenous people of the continent. The cultures of the Native American peoples perished in the treks of settlers and the rifles of the US cavalry. Catlin is the most outstanding chronicler of the Native American's disappearing world. His reports, books and above all sketches and paintings are today an important part of the cultural heritage of the USA.
Catlin came into contact with the Indian culture early on. His mother and grandmother were kidnapped by Indians before his birth and used as hostages. In the rural Midwest, Catlin grew up in a close relationship with nature and began to collect Indian cult objects. But his father had other plans for the boy and sent him to the city to study law. Catlin completed law school and practiced as a lawyer. During this time, the desire grew in him to combine his love of nature and his artistic inclinations and to work as a painter. After first years as a portrait painter in New York, he finally found his way back to the interests of his youth and discovered Indian culture as the subject of his works. After first portrait studies of Indian delegates, he set out to study Indian culture in its natural habitat. Today Catlin is considered the expert on the "true" Indian life. His travelogues and portraits are today part of the cultural heritage of the USA and an invaluable source for research on the Native Americans.
Trips to the different Indian tribes followed. As a connoisseur of Indian culture, Catlin also accompanied official missions for first contact, e.g. with the Comanches in 1834. Catlin became increasingly fascinated by the culture of the Native Americans and protested against their ruthless colonization. From 1837 Catlin presented the culture of the Native Americans to a larger audience in his Indian Gallery, which reacted with fascination to the unknown world. After the success in America, Catlin also travelled to Europe with his exhibition. In 1845 Catlin began to show Indian rituals publicly, first by whites and then by Indians. The interest in this declining culture was so great that he also showed these cultural events in London and Paris. Due to personal strokes of fate, he left North America and tried his hand at gold prospecting in South America before settling in Brussels. Only at an advanced age did he return to the USA.
×
Passionate Customer Service
.jpg "St. Louis from the River Below, 1832-1833 by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Comanche Feats of Horsemanship by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Shé-de-ah, Wild Sage, a Wichita Woman, 1834 by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Fort Union, Mouth of the Yellowstone River, 2000 Miles above St. Louis by George Catlin")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1090016).jpg "Osage hunters catching wild horses by George Catlin")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1090016).jpg)
.jpg "Buffalo Hunt, plate 7 from Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Buffalo Herds Crossing the Upper Missouri by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "View in the Cross Timbers, Texas by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Excavating a Canoe - Nayas Indians by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Mouth of the Platte River, 900 Miles above St. Louis by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "View in the")
.jpg)
.jpg "Lá-shah-le-stáw-hix, Man Chief, a Republican Pawnee by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Menomonie Chief, His Wife, and Son by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "View in the \"Cross Timbers,\" Texas by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Bear")
.jpg)
.jpg "Men-són-se-ah, Left Hand, a Warrior by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Ka-pés-ka-da, Shell Man, an Oglala Brave, 1832 by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Ke-chím-qua, Big Bear by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Map showing the localities of the Indian tribes of the US in 1833, illustration from")
.jpg)
.jpg "Háw-che-ke-súg-ga, He Who Kills the Osages, Chief of the Tribe by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Mandan Indian Ha-Na-Tah-Muah, Wolf Chief by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Ah-móu-a, The Whale, One of Kee-o-kúk")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Buffalo Chase")
.jpg)
.jpg "No-ho-mun-ya, One Who Gives No Attention by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Joc-o-sot, the Walking Bear by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Mah-to-toh-pa, the Mandan Chief by George Catlin")
.jpg)
 - (MeisterDrucke-81902).jpg "Crow Indian Pa-Ris-Ka-Roo-Pa,")
 - (MeisterDrucke-81902).jpg)
.jpg "Falls of the Snake River by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Sha-có-pay, The Six, Chief of the Plains Ojibwa by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Ráw-no-way-wóh-krah, Loose Pipestem, a Brave by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Joc-o-sot, the Walking Bear by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Joc-o-sot, the Walking Bear by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Tóh-to-wah-kón-da-pee, Blue Medicine, a Medicine Man of the Ting-ta-to-ah Band by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Mah-tó-che-ga, Little Bear, a Hunkpapa Brave by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Joc-o-sot, the Walking Bear by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "South Side of Buffalo Island, Showing Buffalo Berries in the Foreground by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Crow Lodge of Twenty-five Buffalo Skins by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "The White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Wi-jún-jon, Pigeon")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1087589).jpg "Comanche warrior with a shield, lance and bow and arrows, c.1835 by George Catlin")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1087589).jpg)
.jpg "White Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Wée-ke-rú-law, He Who Exchanges by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Mó-sho-la-túb-bee, He Who Puts Out and Kills, Chief of the Tribe, 1834 by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Green Corn Dance - Minatarrees, 1861 by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Hose-put-o-káw-gee, a Brave, 1834 by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Bivouac of a Sioux War Party at Sunrise by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Ráw-no-way-wóh-krah, Loose Pipestem, a Brave by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Mah-to-toh-pa, the Mandan Chief by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Cler-mónt, First Chief of the Tribe by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Joc-o-sot, the Walking Bear by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Prairie Bluffs at Sunrise, near the Mouth of the Yellowstone River by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Wah-pón-jee-a, The Swan, a Warrior by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Buffalo Chase, Bull Protecting a Cow and Calf by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "La Salle Claiming Louisiana for France, April 9th 1682 by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Buffalo Chase, with Accidents by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Kút-tee-o-túb-bee, How Did He Kill?, a Noted Brave by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "A Blackfoot Chief, His Wife, and a Medicine Man by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Tal-lee, a Warrior of Distinction by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Mah-to-toh-pa, the Mandan Chief by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Mah-to-toh-pa, the Mandan Chief by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Camanchee Horsemanship by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Mah-to-toh-pa, the Mandan Chief by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Nóm-ba-mon-nee, Double Walker, a Brave by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Túnk-aht-óh-ye, Thunderer, a Boy, and Wun-pán-to-mee, White Weasel, a Girl by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Sky-se-ró-ka, Second Chief of the Tribe by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Father Hennepin and Two Companions Made Prisoners by the Sioux, April 1680 by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Chee-me-náh-na-quet, Great Cloud, son of Grizzly Bear by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Wah-chee-háhs-ka, Man Who Puts All Out of Doors by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Hidatsa Village, Earth-covered Lodges, on the Knife River, 1810 Miles above St. Louis by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Kee-mo-rá-nia, No English, a Dandy by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "La-kée-too-wi-rá-sha, Little Chief, a Tapage Pawnee Warrior by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Kid-á-day, a Distinguished Brave by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Joc-o-sot, the Walking Bear by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Táh-zee-keh-dá-cha, Torn Belly, a Distinguished Brave by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Háw-che-ke-súg-ga, He Who Kills the Osages, Chief of the Tribe by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Le-sháw-loo-láh-le-hoo, Big Elk, Chief of the Skidi Wolf Pawnee, 1832 by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Wáh-chees, a Brave by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Na-pów-sa, Bear Traveling at Night, a Chief by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Wah-pón-jee-a, The Swan, a Warrior by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "No-wáy-ke-súg-gah, He Who Strikes Two at Once, a Brave by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Shawano, The South, a Noted Warrior, 1831 by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Launching a Canoe - Nayas Indians by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Quáy-hám-kay, Stone Shell, a Brave by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Seehk-hée-da, Mouse-colored Feather, a Noted Brave by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Catlin and Party Stalking Buffalo, Upper Missouri by George Catlin")
.jpg)
_a_Distinguished_Young_Warrior_-_(MeisterDrucke-1606075).jpg "Wi-jún-jon, Pigeon")
_a_Distinguished_Young_Warrior_-_(MeisterDrucke-1606075).jpg)
.jpg "Father Hennepin and His Men at the Falls of St. Anthony by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Bear Dance - K")
.jpg)
.jpg "Three Shoshonee Warriors by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Buffalo Hunt, c.1832 by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Three Celebrated Ball Players - Choctaw, Sioux and Ojibbeway by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Ball-Play Dance - Choctaw, 1861-1869 by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "View of")
.jpg)
.jpg "Athapasca Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Kotz-a-tó-ah, Smoked Shield, a Distinguished Warrior by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Scalper Scalped - Pawnees and Cheyennes by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Oneida Chief, His Sister, and a Missionary by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Athapasca Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Ball Play, Plate 23 from the North American Indian Portfolio by George Catlin")
.jpg)
.jpg "Bi-éets-ee-cure, Very Sweet Man by George Catlin")
.jpg)
+43 4257 29415
support@meisterdrucke.com
Mo-Do: 7:00 - 16:00 | Fr: 7:00 - 13:00
