George Catlin
"The Surround" by George Catlin
George Catlin
Buffalo Bull a Grand Pawnee Warrior
by George Catlin 1832
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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
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| 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
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