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Ah shaw wah rooks te, Medicine Horse, a Grand Pawnee Brave
Original price was: $599.00.$299.00Current price is: $299.00.
Artist: George Catlin
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A close-standing Pawnee portrait by George Catlin, offered as a hand-painted oil reproduction built brushstroke by brushstroke to hold the presence of the original sitting.
Description
Description
A portrait scaled to the room it hangs in demands a certain kind of attention, and this canvas is built on that principle: a single standing figure, painted close to life size within its frame, so that a viewer coming toward it meets the gaze of the sitter almost at eye level before taking in the details of dress or ornament. That proportion is deliberate. It turns the picture into an encounter rather than a document, which is exactly the register Catlin worked in when he painted Ah shaw wah rooks te, Medicine Horse, a Grand Pawnee Brave.
About Ah Shaw Wah Rooks Te, Medicine
The sitter stands with the composed bearing Catlin gave his Plains subjects, weight settled, arms and posture arranged to let the eye travel from the face down through the regalia without hurry. Catlin worked with a restrained palette built from earth tones and muted reds, letting small passages of brighter pigment, a bead, a feather, a painted line, carry the eye across the surface in measured steps. Background is kept plain and shallow, which pushes the figure forward and gives the picture the directness of a formal sitting rather than a scene observed from a distance.
This portrait belongs to the body of work Catlin produced during his travels among the Plains nations in the 1830s, when he set out to record individual leaders and warriors before a way of life he believed was disappearing. The handling here shows the working method of that period: quick, confident paint application, a willingness to leave brushwork visible in the drapery and ornament, and a concentration of finish on the face and eyes that gives the sitter presence without softening him into idealisation. It is portraiture built for record and for likeness at once, and the tension between those two aims is part of what still holds attention in the picture.
The hand-painted reproduction
Every ByMuseum reproduction of this work is hand-painted by a professional artist working in oil on artist-grade canvas, matching the palette Catlin used and rebuilding, brushstroke by brushstroke, the surface texture of the original. This is not a printed image but a made object: the painter studies the tonal structure, lays in the ground, and works up the passages of colour and shadow in the same sequence a studio portrait would have followed, so that the raised weight of the paint and the grain of the canvas are there to see and feel, not simulated. The result is a hand-painted oil painting reproduction rather than a copy pressed onto a flat surface.
- Hand-painted oil on canvas, brushstroke by brushstroke
- Available in multiple sizes to suit the wall it will hang on
- Gallery-ready presentation, finished and ready to display
- Certificate of authenticity included with every order
- Painted to order in 2 to 3 weeks, then delivered in 5 to 7 days
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Each ByMuseum artwork is a hand-painted oil painting reproduction created by trained artists on high-quality cotton canvas. Every piece is reviewed, finished, and packed according to the framing option you select.
Empty walls flatten a room. A classical artwork restores structure and visual hierarchy. One painting defines the space, anchors furniture, and establishes identity.
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Unframed — Rolled in Tube
Your artwork is painted on premium cotton canvas, then shipped safely rolled in a rigid tube with extra blank canvas border — ready for stretching or framing locally.
Framed — Ready to Hang
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For safe shipping, framing is available up to a maximum size. Larger sizes will automatically disable the frame option.
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Choose “Stretched” to receive your canvas mounted on wooden stretcher bars — perfect if you’ll frame it later or display it as-is.
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Gallery Wrap is a deeper, 1.5" style stretcher. The canvas wraps around the sides and is stapled on the back for a clean, modern, frameless look.
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