George Catlin and the Old Frontier is the first conprehensive picture gallery and biography of George Catlin, the dean of American Indian painters. It contains 36 paintings in brilliant full color and 131 black-and-white reproductions of other pictures by the American artist. Catlin was the first artist of stature to travel the Western Plains for the purpose of making a documentary record of the primitive Indian tribes. In addition to the illustrations, this book contains a complete biography of the artist. This book is part of the Don Reynolds collection.
215/Hardbound/Illustrations/Photographs
Collection
Don and Maudie Reynolds Collection
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Book
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Art
Search Terms
Catlin, George, American Indian Painters, Comanches, Sioux, Native American, Biography
