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National Gallery of Art

25,670 works

Oval painting of hunters with rifles crouching in grass as a bison herd grazes on a prairie below green hills.

Catlin and Two Companions Shooting Buffalo

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Oval painting of a camp of tepees and figures bathing in calm water at sunset, with canoes on the shore.

Nayas Village - Indians Bathing

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Painting of mounted riders in feathered headdresses galloping across grassland, one raising a bow, another holding up a troph

The Scalper Scalped - Pawnees and Cheyennes

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a tepee village on grassland at sunset, with rocky hills on the left and a lake with canoes on the right.

An Apachee Village

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Painting of snow-capped mountain peaks under a stormy sky, with conifers and rocks in the foreground.

Salmon River Mountains

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Painted group of Native figures on grassland, a central nude figure with red body paint, others in feathered headdresses and

"Paint Me" - Apachee

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Seated figures beside a tipi on a grassy plain, with green rolling hills and trees under a cloudy sky.

Nishnabotana Bluffs, Upper Missouri

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of three mounted riders with lances hunting a bleeding buffalo bull on open grassland under a cloudy sky.

Camanchees Lancing a Buffalo Bull

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a wounded bison bull with blood dripping from its mouth on open prairie, with a small herd on distant hills.

Wounded Buffalo Bull

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a wounded bison bull sitting on a prairie under a stormy sky, with blood on its coat.

Dying Buffalo Bull

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painted river landscape with wooden buildings, a steamboat, tepees, and small figures dancing on the grassy foreground bank.

View of Chicago in 1837

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of bison grazing and resting on a wide green prairie beneath a pale pink and blue sky with a rounded hill.

American Pasturage - Prairies of the Platte

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a dense forest above a steep riverbank, with figures walking on the bank and a canoe with paddlers on the river.

View of the Lower Mississippi

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of bison on a grassy prairie hill beside a river and cedar trees under a cloudy sky.

Cedar Bluffs

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Figures gather wild strawberries in a grassy field with baskets, backed by trees under a cloudy sky.

Caddoe Indians Gathering Wild Strawberries

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painted line of Native men with shields walking single file across green rolling prairie under a cloudy sky.

Indian File - Iowa

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of wolves at a muddy pool with mired buffalo, a grazing herd on open prairie, and trees at left.

Mired Buffalo and Wolves

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a stranded whale surrounded by crowds and canoes on a shore at sunset, with a sailing ship on the sea.

A Whale Ashore - Klahoquat

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Figures work on a large canoe in a dense forest of tall trees, with chips scattered on the ground.

Excavating a Canoe - Nayas Indians

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Painting of men carrying a large decorated canoe toward a river past a dense green forest.

Launching a Canoe - Nayas Indians

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Painting of seated feathered figures in a council circle around a small fire beneath a leaning tree, with a river beyond.

An Indian Council - Sioux

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Bison running down a steep ravine while grizzly bears rest on a grassy hill under a cloudy sky.

Grizzly Bears Attacking Buffalo

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a shoreline village with tipi tents, canoes, and running figures under a golden sunset sky with distant mountains

Nayas Village at Sunset

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Oval night scene of figures gathered at a campfire on a bank beside moonlit water, with pine trees and clouds.

Nayas Village at Night

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Oval painting of a dusk seascape with forest at left, figures on a sandy beach, a canoe, and a distant sailing ship.

An Indian Ladder - Nayas Indians

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Five standing Indigenous men with feathered headdresses, painted bodies and spears against a pale blue sky, painted by George

Five Caribbe Indians

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Three Native American men in feathered headdresses, one drawing a bow, one with a shield, one with a spear, in a painted land

Three Woyaway Indians

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Painting of three standing Indigenous figures in feathered headdresses and beaded jewelry, with a hut in the background.

Three Taruma Indians

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Four Indigenous men and a child in feathered headdresses and loincloths stand and sit on grass against a pale sky.

Four Goo-a-give Indians

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Watercolor of four Arowak figures on grassland: three adults in feathered headdresses and a small child holding a spear.

Four Arowak Indians

George Catlin, 1854/1869