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National Gallery of Art

25,670 works

Painting of a riverside encampment in dense green forest, with feathered figures near conical tents and a river beyond.

Mauhees Encampment

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Painting of a still tropical lagoon edged by dense forest, tall grasses and a spiky palm under soft light.

A Lagoon of the Upper Amazon

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Painting of a forest clearing with conical tents and a group of figures with feathered headdresses sitting and standing among

Indian Camp in the Forest

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Oval painting of a river with a canoe, palm trees, thatched huts and standing figures in red on the bank.

Painting the Tobos Chief

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Oval painting of a thatched hut and small figures on grassland, with palms bending in wind under a stormy sky.

A Small Tobos Village

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Dark night landscape with a silhouetted tree and a glowing orange light along a riverbank, with small figures in the distance

Ignis Fatuus, Rio Uruguay

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Painting of alligators in a swamp beside a nest of eggs, under mossy trees and bromeliads with a sunlit clearing behind.

An Alligator's Nest

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Dark green tropical lagoon with palms and red flowers, and a dugout canoe with three people in the foreground.

Entrance to a Lagoon, Shore of the Amazon

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Painting of a grassy plain framed by drooping trees and vines, with thatched huts at right under a pale blue sky.

A Connibo Village

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Five riders on horseback cross a vast green prairie toward a distant herd under a blue sky with streaked clouds.

Connibos Starting for Wild Horses

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Wide grassland at dusk with mounted riders chasing bison toward distant mountains under a warm, cloudy sky.

Grand Lavoir, Pampa del Sacramento

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Oval painting of thatched houses, a canoe on a river, and groups of figures on a grassy plain with palm trees.

Painting the Lengua Chief

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Oval painting of a river shore with dense green trees, a canoe with paddlers, and a figure standing among reeds on the bank.

Shore of the Uruguay - Making a Sketch

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Painting of men towing a canoe upstream along a grassy riverbank beside dense green forest.

Lengua Indians Ascending the Rapids of the Rio Uruguay

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Oval painting of a small village on a riverbank with people, a canoe, palm trees and a thatched hut under a pale sky.

A Small Lengua Village

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Painting of a riverbank village with thatched huts, palms, and paddlers in canoes on the water below.

A Small Lengua Village, Uruguay

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Oval painting of a riverside village with thatched huts, palm trees, canoes on the water, and grazing animals.

A Small Village of Remos Indians

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Oval painting of a clearing with two thatched huts, palm trees, and a small group of figures in the grass.

A Sepibo Village

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Painting of a canoe with two rowers on a calm river beside palm-lined tropical forest under a cloudy sky.

Mouth of the Rio Purus

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Oval painting of figures in a grassy clearing with horses, sketching beside tall palms and dense green forest under a pale sk

Halting to Make a Sketch

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Painting of figures with feathers dancing near a thatched shelter on grassland under a windy, cloudy sky.

A Connibo Wigwam

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Oval painting of thatched huts, figures, and horses on a grassy plain beneath tall trees and a hazy sky.

Pacapacurus Village

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Night river scene with a canoe lit by torchlight along reedy shoreline under a dark, cloudy sky.

Spearing by Torchlight

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Painting of four standing men in feathered headdresses, a seated woman and a child, in decorated clothing against a pale back

Chief and Members of the Konza Tribe

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Oval painting of figures with bows and horses grazing in a grassy clearing beside a dense palm forest.

Indians and Horses in the Forest

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Painting of an Omaha chief, a woman in a fringed robe, and a warrior with a pipe and tomahawk, in beaded regalia.

Omaha Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior

George Catlin, 1861

Five Indigenous men in feathered headdresses and fringed leggings stand and sit on grass, one holding a feathered staff.

Black Hawk and the Prophet - Saukie

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of a circular war dance with feathered dancers, shields and spears, tipis and mounted riders beside a river under a

War Dance of the Apachees

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Painting of a sailing ship and canoes on a lake with a crowd on the shore and a fort on the bluff at dusk.

The Expedition Leaving Fort Frontenac on Lake Ontario. November 18, 1678

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of a group camped on a snowy riverbank near icy turquoise rapids, with canoes and a distant waterfall beneath cliffs

The Expedition Encamped below the Falls of Niagara. January 20, 1679

George Catlin, 1847/1848