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The West in Jacksonian Arts
Jennifer Bishop – Brandeis HS
Jacksonian Era
James Fenimore CooperThe Last of the Mohicans
John Augustus StoneMetamora
Last of the Wampanoags
Some Indians go on speaking tours.Black Hawk speaks to Philadelphia, & NY.
Jacksonian EraArt exhibition opened in New York City in 1837
Indians on the page and the stage are now on canvas
Artist – George Catlin – almost 500 paintings of Native Americans
Portraits, scenes of hunting, religious ceremonies, and village life
George Catlin
Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians (1841)
Catlin used his paints and brushes to record the history of a people undocumented
George CatlinBelieved there were 2 types of IndiansOriginal characterSecondary CharacterArgument used by Jackson to move Native Americans West - Trail of TearsSecondary Character – 5 civilized tribes?
George CatlinAdvantages and disadvantages of Paintings as a source?
Painting and theatre vs. paintings?
Visualize reasons for prejudice of the era.
Tells us of life and culture of Native Am.
He established no ties with tribes, but are these tribes truly untouched by white culture?
Shon-Ka-Ki-He-Ga, Horse Chief, Grand Pawnee Head Chief, Pawnee, 1832.
Mah-To-Toh-Pa, Four Bears, Second Chief, in full dress, Mandan, 1832
La-Doo-Ke-A, Buffalo Bull, A grand Pawnee Warrior, Pawnee, 1832
Pshan-Shaw, Sweet-Scented Grass, 12 yr old daughter of Bloody Hand, Arikara, 1832
Ju-Ah-Kis-Gaw, Woman with her child in a cradle, Ojibwa (Chippewa) , 1835
Wi-Jun-Jon, Pigeon’s Egg Head (The Light) Gong to and Returning from Washington, Assiniboine, 1837 - 1839
Fort Pierre, Mouth of the Teton River, 1200 miles above St. Louis, 1832
Buffalo Hunt under the Wolf-Skin Mask, 1832 - 1833
Bird’s-Eye View of the Mandan Village, 1800 miles above St. Louis, Mandan, 1837 - 1839
Sioux encamped on the Upper Missouri, Dressing Buffalo Meat and Robes, Western Sioux (Dakota), 1832
Mandan O-Kee-Pa Ceremony, Mandan 1832
Credits
“George Catlin and his Indian Gallery.” http://americanart.si.edu/Catlin/index.html.
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