Frederick Ferdinand Schafer Painting Catalog

Index of Plains Indians genre paintings


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In these paintings, the scene is of limitless plains, rather than of mountain valleys. Many of these paintings depict tepees of Sioux design, and there are mountains in the background. These two factors suggest a locale at the western edge of the Great Plains, perhaps in Montana or Wyoming.
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[Indians traveling on horseback through the snow]
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Going to the pow-wow. Indian scene, Montana
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[The pow-wow]
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Indians in the Lava Beds
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Morning on the lava beds
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[Sioux Indian encampment]
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[Indian camp under the moonlight]
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Indian Hill in the Lava Beds
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The Winter Camp
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Inquisitive Buffalo
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Buffalo Hunting in Montana
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On the Lookout, Indians of Montana
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[Indian encampment in West Yellowstone]
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[Landscape with plains Indians and tepee]
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[Two Indians in a desert landscape]
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Indian camp near Winnemucca, Nevada
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[Indian camp in the desert]
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Indian village, Arizona
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[Plains Indians in a desert valley]

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