| Full Name |
George Catlin |
| Date of Birth |
26 July 1796 |
| Place of Birth |
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Date of Death |
23 December 1872 |
| Place of Death |
Jersey City, New Jersey, United States |
| Citizenship / Country of Residence |
American / United States |
| Education |
Briefly studied law; largely self-taught as an artist |
| Profession |
Painter, author, traveler |
| Years of Activity |
c. 1820s - 1872 |
| Brief Information |
George Catlin was an American painter, author, and traveler who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the Old West. He traveled extensively among Native American tribes in the 1830s, documenting their lives, customs, and appearances before they were altered by westward expansion. His significant body of work provides an important historical record of 19th-century Indigenous cultures. |