George Catlin

George Catlin
William Fisk, Public domain

(1796–1872) amerikansk konstnär

George Catlin (USA, 1796–1872) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, George Catlin belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

George Catlin was born in Wilkes-Barre and died in Jersey City. George Catlin trained at Litchfield Law School. George Catlin worked in North Dakota and Oklahoma. Wikidata associates George Catlin with realism.

The works belong mainly to the genres portrait, landscape painting, and genre painting. The catalogue has 250 works by George Catlin with free images. The dated works span the years 1827–1879. Works by George Catlin are held by National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Charles Robert Leslie, James B. Longacre, Lizinska de Mirbel, August Wilhelm Julius Ahlborn, and Dimitar Zograf.