Courbet, Catlin, and the Exploitation of Native Americans

This essay interrogates connections between Gustave Courbet’s The Painter’s Studio (1855; Musée d’Orsay) and the visual culture of American Indian performance in Paris. The article builds evidence from visual analysis and from reviews of George Catlin’s American Indian Gallery (Paris, 1845) written...

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Main Author: Jane M. Roos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2019-05-01
Series:Transatlantica
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/11062