Catlin’s Work to be Featured at Brinton Museum

“George Catlin’s North American Indian Portfolio and Native Voices Today”, will be on display in the S. K. Johnston, Jr. Family Gallery, September 7 to October 20, 2024. The Catlin show opens on September 6 with a Fall Into Art program from 5:30 – 6:30 PM, followed by a ticketed dinner in The Brinton Bistro. The Fall Into Art lecture is offered free and open to the public. Reservations for dinner can be made online at thebrintonmuseum.org

The exhibit will feature twenty-five original, first edition, hand-colored lithographed plates published in 1844. These lithographs were based on paintings of Plains Indian tribes that Catlin observed and painted during his trip along the Missouri, including Crow, Cheyenne, Lakota and Mandan people.

George Catlin (American, 1796-1872), Buffalo Hunt, hand-colored lithograph, 1844

Born in 1796 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, George Catlin was an accomplished American painter, author and explorer who is credited as being the first great artist to travel widely among the North American Plains Indians to document in art the life and culture of the Indian peoples. Catlin’s impressive North American Indian portfolio includes detailed, exquisitely lithographed images of amazing hunting and sporting scenes as well as Indian dance ceremonies such as The Buffalo Dance, The Snow-Shoe Dance and The Bear Dance.

The Brinton Museum will be displaying the Catlin images alongside American Indian objects selected and interpreted by its American Indian Advisory Council members.

This exhibit is made possible through funding from the Edwin T. Meredith Foundation, The Tucker Foundation, and Wyoming Arts Council and continues in the S. K. Johnston, Jr. Family Gallery through October 20.

About The Brinton Museum: Founded in 1960, The Brinton Museum is an institution dedicated to preserving the art, history and culture of the West. Located on the historic Quarter Circle A Ranch in the foothills of the majestic Bighorn Mountains, it features 19th, 20th and 21st century American and Indian Art in a historic Western setting.

The Brinton Museum offers free general admission, generously sponsored by Ramaco Carbon, LLC for the second consecutive year, and is a participating member of the North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) Association. Fall/Winter Hours: Thursday through Monday, 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM

For additional information contact: Jochen Wierich, Curatorial Director 307-763-5931 jwierich@thebrintonmuseum.org Barbara McNab Curator of Exhibitions 307-763-5924 bmcnab@thebrintonmuseum.org The Brinton Museum is located at 239 Brinton Road in Big Horn, WY, 82833.