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Wash im pe shee, Madman, a Distinguished Warrior
Original price was: $518.00.$259.00Current price is: $259.00.
Artist: George Catlin
A hand-painted oil reproduction of Wash im pe shee, Madman, a Distinguished Warrior by George Catlin, rebuilt in layered oil with the same ochre and red palette as the original portrait.
Description
Description
Portraits from the plains series that George Catlin painted in the early 1830s tend to hold a modest, close scale, the sitter set near life size within the frame so that a viewer standing before the canvas meets the gaze at something close to eye level. That intimacy of proportion is part of the point: the picture asks to be read as an encounter, not a distant record, and the compact format keeps the eye moving between the face, the regalia, and the plain ground behind the figure without distraction.
About Wash Im Pe Shee, Madman, a Distinguished Warrior
Wash im pe shee, Madman, a Distinguished Warrior shows Catlin working in the documentary mode that defined his years among the tribes of the upper Missouri, painting directly from life with a speed that favoured clarity over finish. The warrior is presented frontally, his features rendered with a steadiness that avoids caricature, while the ornament and paint of his dress are set down with the same attention Catlin gave to the face itself, treating costume as information rather than decoration. Light falls evenly, without theatrical shadow, so that colour carries the description: the ochres and reds of body paint, the muted ground, the occasional flash of bead or feather.
The brushwork throughout stays economical, built from short, direct strokes that suggest volume without labouring it, a technique consistent with the field conditions under which Catlin worked and with his stated ambition to preserve a likeness before it was lost. There is little sentiment in the handling; the record itself carries the weight, and the picture belongs to a body of work now understood as one of the more sustained attempts by a nineteenth century American painter to document Native leaders on their own terms.
The hand-painted reproduction
Each hand-painted oil painting reproduction of this portrait is built by a trained painter working directly from the original image, matching the ochre and red ground tones stroke by stroke and rebuilding the surface in layered oil rather than flattening it into a single print pass. The result is a handmade oil painting in the fullest sense, with visible brushwork, the texture of the canvas weave still readable under the paint, and a depth of colour that shifts slightly as the light in a room changes, the way an original oil surface does.
- Hand-painted oil on artist-grade canvas, not a printed reproduction
- Available in multiple sizes to suit the wall it is intended for
- Gallery-ready presentation, finished and ready to hang
- Certificate of authenticity included with every order
- Free worldwide shipping, with no shipping charge to any country
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