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Geroge Catlin, Karl Bodmer and Alfred Jacob Miller and other paintings of the Buffalo Hunt. These artists are some of the great chroniclers of the west.


George Catlin (1796-1872) traveled west five times in the 1830s

"to rescue from oblivion their primitive looks and customs."


George Catlin

George Catlin

"The Surround" by George Catlin

George Catlin


Buffalo Bull a Grand Pawnee Warrior
by George Catlin
1832

Sir William Drummund Stewart
Artist
Alfred Jacob Miller
Hunter/Guide
Antoine Clement

Sir William Drummond Stewart (1795-1871) a Scottish Lord spent nearly ten years of his life in Canada and the American West as a pioneer and fur trader in the Rocky Mountains. For two years Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874) accompanied Stewart sketching and capturing for posterity many scenes of the Old West. Antoine Clement was a half breed and Stewart's favorite guide and hunter for many of his trips.

Alfred Jacob Miller

Alfred Jacob Miller

Alfred Jacob Miller

Karl Bodmer 1809-1893 Prince Alexander Philipp Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied (1782-1867)

Karl Bodmer accompanied German explorer Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied in 1832 through 1834 on his Missouri River expedition. He was hired as an artist by Maximilian with the specific intent of traveling through the American West and recording images of the different tribes they saw along the way.

"Buffalo Hunt" by Karl Bodmer

"Buffalo dance of the Mandan" By Karl Bodmer

Paul Kane

Paul Kane (1810 – 1871) an Irish-Canadian painter, famous for his paintings of First Nations indians in the Canadian West and other Native Americans of the Oregon Country. Kane made two voyages through the Canadian northwest in 1845 and from 1846 to 1848.


"Chasing Buffalo" Paul Kane


"Assiniboine hunting buffalo" By Paul Kane


Alfred Bierstadt (1830 - 1902)
German-American painter best known
landscapes of the American West.

In 1859 Bierstadt went west on an expedition led by Colonel Frederick W. Lander on the Overland Trail. The trip led Bierstadt to his life’s work of painting romantic western landscapes. After the expedition Bierstadt settled in New York City.

"The Last Buffalo" by Albert Bierstadt

"Indians Hunting Buffalo" by Albert Bierstadt

"Buffalo crossing a river" By Albert Bierstadt

 

Charles Marion Russell (1864–1926)
Went west for the first time March 1880.
Built his famous log art studio in 1903
akin to his house in Great Falls, Montana

Charlie Russell


"Buffalo Hunt" By Charlie Russell 1897

Frederic Remington (1861 - 1909)
American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer
who specialized in depictions of the American West.


Frederic Remington


Frederic Remington


William R. Leigh (1866-1955)
“the Sagebrush Rembrandt,”
started his career as an illustrator with
the Colorado natural history museum

Buffalo Hunt by William R. Leigh
Buffalo Bill Historical Center Cody Wyoming

For more information on William R. Liegh see this article:
William R. Leigh in Cody Country

 

Articles on the expansion of the American west and the fate of the American Buffalo during the American 19th century

Lewis and Clark on the Missouri July 1806

The Buffalo Hunt, illustrated by Catlin, Bodmer, Miller and other artists 1830-1930

Philip Sheridan's command 1867-1983

 

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