George Catlin
1796–1872
American artist. Studied law in Litchfield, Connecticut, 1817–18. Moved to Philadelphia to work as an artist in 1821; to New York to pursue historical painting in 1827; to Saint Louis, Missouri, as a painter of Native Americans, in 1830. Travelled throughout the US painting portraits of Native Americans, 1832–6.
Source
ANB.
Bibliography
ANB: American national biography. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. and supplement. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1999–2002.
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