Who created "We-chÃºsh-ta-dÃ³o-ta, Red Man, a Distinguished Ball Player"?

We-chÃºsh-ta-dÃ³o-ta, Red Man, a Distinguished Ball Player was created by George Catlin in 1835.

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We-chÃºsh-ta-dÃ³o-ta, Red Man, a Distinguished Ball Player is Painting.

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Yes, We-chÃºsh-ta-dÃ³o-ta, Red Man, a Distinguished Ball Player is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

We-chÃºsh-ta-dÃ³o-ta, Red Man, a Distinguished Ball Player

George Catlin

1835

Medium

Painting

Classification

Painting

Department

Smithsonian Collection

Museum

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Credit

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.

Accession Number

1985.66.75

Tags

DakotaSiouxPortrait male

About this artwork

George Catlin painted two portraits of Sioux Indians with âball-sticksâ in hand while at Fort Snelling, near the juncture of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers. He described his subjects as âthe two most distinguished ball-players in the Sioux tribeâ who came to his studio âin the dress in which they had just struggled in the play.â This full-length portrait captures Red Manâs athleticism and reflects his status as a tribal champion. Catlin worried about the fate that he feared l...

About the Artist

George Catlin · 1796–1872

George Catlin (1796–1872), born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Putnam Catlin and Polly Sutton—who had been captured by Native Americans during the 1778 Battle of Wyoming—initially pursued a legal career. Trained at Litchfield Law School, he was admitted to the bar in 1819 but abandoned law after two years to study art in Philadelphia in 1823. Self-taught as a portraitist, Catlin quickly gained ...

We-chÃºsh-ta-dÃ³o-ta, Red Man, a Distinguished Ball Player

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