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dablink|For the American political scientist and
father of Shirley Williams, see Sir George Catlin.

George Catlin was an United States|American
Painter (1796-December_23, 1872) who specialized
in portraits of Native Americans in the American
West. He left a law career to paint native
americans and "to rescue from oblivion their
primitive looks and customs." He formed some of
the earliest wild west shows trying to highlight
the plight of the indians and show their culture.
Catlin travel the East Coast and Europe with his
shows, showing more than 500 paintings. He went
bankrupt and in 1852 he sold his works to a
private collector who later donated them to the
Smithsonian. 
His works were the only know western art of some
tribes, including the Mandan tribe. 
==External link==
*http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/catlin_georg
e.html Article from the Art Encyclopedia
*http://americanart.si.edu/collections/exhibits/ca
tlin/highlights.html

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