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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.
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Portrait of Mrs. Benjamin Pitman
Portrait of Mrs. Benjamin Pitman (High Chiefess Kinoole-o-Liliha), oil on canvas painting by John Mix Stanley, 1849, Peabody Essex Museum of Salem.
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Painting ID:: 76751
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Portrait_of_Mrs._Benjamin_Pitman
Portrait of Mrs. Benjamin Pitman (High Chiefess Kinoole-o-Liliha), oil on canvas painting by John Mix Stanley, 1849, Peabody Essex Museum of Salem.
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Hawaiian Girl with Dog
oil on canvas painting by John Mix Stanley, 1849, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu
Date 1849(1849)
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Painting ID:: 79100
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Hawaiian_Girl_with_Dog
oil on canvas painting by John Mix Stanley, 1849, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu
Date 1849(1849)
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Hawaiian Girl with Dog
oil on canvas painting by John Mix Stanley, 1849, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu
Date 1849(1849)
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Painting ID:: 79790
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Hawaiian_Girl_with_Dog
oil on canvas painting by John Mix Stanley, 1849, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu
Date 1849(1849)
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Buffalo hunt on the Southwestern plains
Buffalo hunt on the Southwestern plains
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Painting ID:: 79864
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Buffalo hunt on the Southwestern plains
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Portrait of Princess Manaiula Tehuiarii, granddaughter of King Pomare I of Tahiti, Wife of High Chief William Kealaloa Kahanui Sumner
Date ca. 1848(1848)
Medium Oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 81219
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Portrait_of_Princess_Manaiula_Tehuiarii,_granddaughter_of_King_Pomare_I_of_Tahiti,_Wife_of_High_Chief_William_Kealaloa_Kahanui_Sumner
Date ca. 1848(1848)
Medium Oil on canvas
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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.
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