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Painting
Shooting Flamingoes
George Catlin, 1796 - 1872
Catlin, George
United States
1796 - 1872
Male
19 x 26 1/2 in. (48.3 x 67.3 cm)
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Oil
1857
1857
1857
1800-1900, 19th century, birds, paintings
Painting
Shooting Flamingoes is a shocking and confusing painting to 21st century sensibilities. To our eyes, the mass killing of the flamingoes is unthinkable, sensitive as we are to the role hunting has played in the extinction of many species over the past century and a half. To our eyes, the startled native guide is an offensive stereotype, a comic, cartoon-like character next to the upright, composed figure of the hunter.
In pre-Civil War America, George Catlin, a well-known artist of the period, was commissioned to create a nine-part series to glorify the Colt rifle. Shooting Flamingoes was one image in that advertising campaign. While the original intent of this painting doesn’t invalidate our contemporary reactions, it does set the piece within a historical context that explains its initial point-of-view.
[Gallery label text, 2004]
lower rightback of stretcher, visible before relining, but no longer extant
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Print
Introducing John L. Sullivan
George Bellows, 1882 - 1925
Bellows, George
United States
1882 - 1925
Male
23 x 22 in. (58.4 x 55.9 cm)
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Printer's ink
Printer's ink
1916
1916
1916
1900-2000, 20th century, American art, leisure activities, lithographs, men, Realism
Print
lower right, in the stonelower right, below imagelower leftlower center
1916.30
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
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Print
The Third Tournament
Lucas Cranach the Elder, (1472 - 1553)
Cranach the Elder, Lucas
Germany
1472 - 1553
Male
11 5/16 x 16 5/16 in. (28.7 x 41.5 cm)
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1509
1509
1509
1400-1600, armor, horses, Renaissance & Baroque, sport, woodcuts
Print
lower left center, in the image, in the platelower right, in imageverso
1924.32
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