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George Catlin  American  1796 -1872
Born: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States 
Died: Jersey City, New Jersey, United States 
Addresses:  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States  
  New York, United States  
 Richmond, Virginia, United States  
  American West   
  Europe   
Exhibited: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 
National Academy of Design 
Chartres 1835
Stuyvesant Institute, NY 1837
Washington, DC ca. 1838
Philadelphia ca. 1838
Boston, MA ca. 1838
Egyptian Hall, London 1839
London 1839, 1840-1844
Louvre, Paris ca. 1845
Louvre, Paris 
Examples of Work: American Museum of Natural History, New York City 
Chicago Natural History Museum 
Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, Tulsa 
National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC 
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 
New York Historical Society, New York 
Newberry Library, Chicago 
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 
Specialty: Painter
Miniaturist
Style/School: Realism
Subjects Known For: Portraits
Genre
Animal / Wildlife
American Indians
Memberships: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1824
National Academy of Design NA 1826
American Academy of the Fine Arts 
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