|
| | | Prev Artist Next Artist
|
|
John Mix Stanley
A famous painter of Indians and Indian scen .
American , 1814-1872
American , 1814-1872,was an American painter of landscapes, portraits and Native American life. He was born in Canandaigua, New York and orphaned at the age of 12. At age 14, Stanley became an apprentice to a coach maker. Looking for better work, he moved to west in 1832 and became a painter of signs and portraits. In spring 1843 Stanley accompanied the party of Indian agent Pierce M. Butler to the Tehuacana Creek Council. At the outbreak of the Mexican War in 1845, John Mix Stanley joined Colonel Stephen Watts Kearney's expedition to California and produced many sketches and paintings of the campaign. He traveled to Hawaii in 1848 and spent a year painting portraits of members of the royal family. He traveled across the Isthmus of Panama in 1853. He also painted Comanche warriors in their natural environment. He moved to Detroit in 1864 and remained there for the rest of his life. Stanley helped to found a forerunner of the Detroit Institute of Arts and to incorporate the National Gallery and School of Arts. Stanley's primary interests and sympathies were with the Indians. The Smithsonian exhibited his pictures, but Congress never appropriated monies for them. More than 200 of his works were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.
|
|
|
|
|
| Click Image to Enlarge |
Detail from Oregon City on the Willamette River
Detail from Oregon City on the Willamette River, ca. 1850 - 1852, Oil on canvas,
cjr
Painting ID:: 83290
|
|
|
Detail_from_Oregon_City_on_the_Willamette_River
Detail from Oregon City on the Willamette River, ca. 1850 - 1852, Oil on canvas,
cjr
|
|
|
|
| Click Image to Enlarge |
Detail from Oregon City on the Willamette River
ca. 1850 - 1852, Oil on canvas
cjr
Painting ID:: 85795
|
|
|
Detail_from_Oregon_City_on_the_Willamette_River
ca. 1850 - 1852, Oil on canvas
cjr
|
|
|
|
| Click Image to Enlarge |
Detail from Oregon City on the Willamette River
1850-1852, Oil on canvas, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, acq. no. 1979.17, see http://www.cartermuseum.org/works-of-art/1979-17
Date c. 1850-1852
cyf
Painting ID:: 89983
|
|
|
Detail_from_Oregon_City_on_the_Willamette_River
1850-1852, Oil on canvas, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, acq. no. 1979.17, see http://www.cartermuseum.org/works-of-art/1979-17
Date c. 1850-1852
cyf
|
|
|
|
| Click Image to Enlarge |
Oregon City on the Willamette River
c. 1850-1852
cyf
Painting ID:: 97210
|
|
|
Oregon_City_on_the_Willamette_River
c. 1850-1852
cyf
|
|
|
| Prev Artist Next Artist
|
|
John_Mix_Stanley
A famous painter of Indians and Indian scen .
American , 1814-1872
American , 1814-1872,was an American painter of landscapes, portraits and Native American life. He was born in Canandaigua, New York and orphaned at the age of 12. At age 14, Stanley became an apprentice to a coach maker. Looking for better work, he moved to west in 1832 and became a painter of signs and portraits. In spring 1843 Stanley accompanied the party of Indian agent Pierce M. Butler to the Tehuacana Creek Council. At the outbreak of the Mexican War in 1845, John Mix Stanley joined Colonel Stephen Watts Kearney's expedition to California and produced many sketches and paintings of the campaign. He traveled to Hawaii in 1848 and spent a year painting portraits of members of the royal family. He traveled across the Isthmus of Panama in 1853. He also painted Comanche warriors in their natural environment. He moved to Detroit in 1864 and remained there for the rest of his life. Stanley helped to found a forerunner of the Detroit Institute of Arts and to incorporate the National Gallery and School of Arts. Stanley's primary interests and sympathies were with the Indians. The Smithsonian exhibited his pictures, but Congress never appropriated monies for them. More than 200 of his works were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.
|
|
|
ARTWORKS INDEX
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ARTISTS INDEX A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
|
|
Wholesale China Oil Painting Wholesale Oil Painting China Xiamen Portrait Reproduction on canvas Chinese Oil Painting Wholesale
|
|
