George Catlin

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author ethnographer human painter traveler

George Catlin was an American painter, author, and traveler best known for his extensive portraits and scenes of Native American life in the 19th century.

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Label	Occurrences
George Catlin canonical	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	author ⓘ ethnographer ⓘ human ⓘ painter ⓘ traveler ⓘ
birthDate	1796-07-26 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1872-12-23 ⓘ
employer	self-employed ⓘ
ethnicGroupDocumented	Blackfoot ⓘ surface form: Blackfeet Comanche ⓘ Crow ⓘ Plains Indians ⓘ Sioux people ⓘ surface form: Sioux
exhibitedAt	National Gallery of Art ⓘ Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
familyName	Catlin ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Native American studies ⓘ ethnographic art ⓘ portrait painting ⓘ
fullName	George Catlin self-link ⓘ
genre	ethnographic painting ⓘ landscape ⓘ portrait ⓘ
givenName	George ⓘ
hasCollection	Indian Gallery ⓘ
knownFor	advocating for the preservation of Native American cultures ⓘ creating a large collection of Native American portraits ⓘ traveling extensively among Native American tribes ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
movement	American art ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableFor	documenting Native American life in the 19th century ⓘ paintings of Native Americans ⓘ
notableWork	Indian Gallery ⓘ Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians ⓘ The North American Indian ⓘ surface form: North American Indian Portfolio
occupation	painter ⓘ traveler ⓘ writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ surface form: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
placeOfDeath	Jersey City ⓘ surface form: Jersey City, New Jersey
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
timePeriodOfActivity	19th century ⓘ
workLocation	Europe ⓘ Great Plains ⓘ Rocky Mountains ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States

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- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

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Subject: George Catlin
Description of subject: George Catlin was an American painter, author, and traveler best known for his extensive portraits and scenes of Native American life in the 19th century.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shirley Williams → father → George Catlin ⓘ

George Catlin → fullName → George Catlin self-link ⓘ