George de Forest Brush: Indian Paintings
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ExhibitionGeorge de Forest Brush: Indian PaintingsSeptember 14, 2008 - January 04, 2009The National Gallery of Art, 4th and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20565, United States Combining extraordinary technical skills acquired in Jean-Léon Gérôme’s studio in Paris with firsthand experience living among the Arapahoe, Shoshone, and Crow in Wyoming and Montana, George de Forest Brush (1854/1855–1941) created an important series of paintings of American Indians much celebrated by his contemporaries but rarely seen since. Completed during the 1880s, many of these works were quickly acquired by major American collectors and have remained in private hands through several generations. Of the twenty featured in this exhibition, several have only recently come to light. |
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