“George de Forest Brush: The Indian Paintings”
National Gallery of Art in DC, September 14 –January 4, 2009
George de Forest Brush, (1855–1941) born in Tennessee, taught at Cooper Union and the Art Students League in New York.
In the 1880s , he lived among the American Indians of Montana and Wyoming (Arapahoe, Shoshone, Crow) and did a series of paintings, 20 of which are on view here. The paintings were all posed and done in studio, but they still capture a period of time in our past.
George de Forest Brush, 9/14-1/4/09
4th and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
(Image:“The Indian and the Lily”, 1887)
I've seen this painting in sepia hanging in the teacher's lounge of Morning Star Elementary in Bozeman, Montana. It's interesting to see it in color. It is my most favored native portrait. I photographed it, poorly unfortunately, but I can email you the photo if you'd like.
Hi Betsy – I liked this too as soon as I saw it. No need to send photo, but thx for your msg.
Sandy