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George Catlin Artist Study

November 9, 2009 By Jimmie Quick 3 Comments

catlin notebookingWe’re studying Westward Expansion — the Oregon Trail, the Transcontinental Railroad, and the Gold Rush. And for the first time ever, I tied our artist study to our history studies.

And I’m departing from the traditional Charlotte Mason method of one artist per term. Instead, we’re looking at a variety of artists who painted the West.

Our first artist is George Catlin. Our art book had only 10 Catlin works, so it was a quick three week study. (We narrate a piece daily instead of weekly.)

Art Prints Source

The Art of the Golden West (I got mine for $7 at a used book store the last time I was in USA.)

Notebooking

Catlin Notebooking Pages (that I made)

Websites

National Gallery of Art for Kids on Catlin (image rich)

George Catlin’s Obsession (text rich)

Creative Application

Art Sonia Indian Portrait Create a portrait of a fictional Native American in the style of George Catlin.

indian portrait

Lesson Plans

Campfire Stories with George Catlin

PBS: Images of the West

Today we started artist #2 — Frederic Remington. His art includes sculpture as well, something we don’t often study.

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Filed Under: artist study Tagged With: art, artist study, George Catlin, history

Comments

  1. Jan says

    November 9, 2009 at 9:16 pm

    We live in Virginia and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has several pieces of Catlin’s work. I love the “old west” and his work is mesmorizing. Thanks for sharing your study!

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  2. Barb-Harmony Art Mom says

    November 9, 2009 at 11:26 pm

    This is a great study! I linked from my Google Reader. 🙂
    .-= Barb-Harmony Art Mom´s last blog ..Discover Nature in Winter Series and the New Winter Series Challenges Update =-.

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  3. Beth Hempton says

    November 10, 2009 at 7:58 am

    Jimmie,
    Thank you for the artist study resources. They’re very helpful! Tell Sprite her Indian rendition is excellent! God bless you in China!
    .-= Beth Hempton´s last blog ..Seeking Beauty in an Ugly World: My prayers =-.

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