Research Catalog

Title

George Catlin and his Indian Gallery / Brian W. Dippie ... [et al.] ; edited by George Gurney and Therese Thau Heyman.

Author

Catlin, George, 1796-1872

Publication

[Washington, D.C.] : Smithsonian American Art Museum ; [New York] : W.W. Norton, c2002.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Dippie, Brian W.
• Gurney, George.
• Heyman, Therese Thau.
• Renwick Gallery.

Description

294 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), map, ports.; 32 cm.

Summary

A virtual exhibit that showcases 32 examples of art work from the exhibition "George Catlin and his Indian Gallery" at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The art work documents the transformation of Native American groups, especially those forced West as a result of the Indian Removal Act. Exhibit includes several prominent Mandan chiefs and General William Clark. Designed specifically for educators, the site contains materials from educators, Native Americans, and scholars, along with lesson plans that incorporate additional materials available on the Web site.

Subject

• Catlin, George, 1796-1872 > Exhibitions
• Indians in art > Exhibitions
• Painting > Washington (D.C.) > Exhibitions
• Smithsonian Institution > Exhibitions
• West (U.S.) > In art > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Catalog of an exhibition held at the Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C., Sept. 6, 2002-Jan. 19, 2003, and at other locations in 2004.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-285) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Green fields and red men / Brian W. Dippie -- George Catlin in Europe / Christopher Mulvey -- Illustrated commentary / Joan Carpenter Troccoli -- George Catlin and the Smithsonian / Therese Thau Heyman.

ISBN

• 0937311545 (pbk.)
• 0393052176

LCCN

^^2002006419

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library