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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John Mix Stanley Detail from Oregon City on the Willamette River oil


Detail from Oregon City on the Willamette River
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
   
   
     
John Mix Stanley Detail from Oregon City on the Willamette River oil


Detail from Oregon City on the Willamette River
Painting ID::  85795 		Detail from Oregon City on the Willamette River
ca. 1850 - 1852, Oil on canvas cjr
ca._1850_-_1852,_Oil_on_canvas cjr
   
   
     
John Mix Stanley Detail from Oregon City on the Willamette River oil


Detail from Oregon City on the Willamette River
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
   
   
     
John Mix Stanley Oregon City on the Willamette River oil


Oregon City on the Willamette River
Painting ID::  97210 		Oregon City on the Willamette River
c. 1850-1852 cyf
c._1850-1852 cyf
   
   
     
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     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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