the State Historical Society of Missouri
Joseph D. Ketner II was the Henry and Lois Foster Chair in Contemporary Art Theory and Practice at Emerson College, Boston.
![Karl Bodmer circa 1877. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-50540]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-09/2-Karl_Bodmer.jpg?itok=dZBxA9EN "Karl Bodmer circa 1877. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-50540]")
Among the early artists to explore the trans-Mississippi River frontier, Karl Bodmer’s stay…
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![George Catlin posed for this portrait by English landscape artist William Fisk in 1849. [National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, NPG.70.14]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-02/1.%20George%20Catlin%20portrait.jpg?itok=S1gBYd0p "George Catlin posed for this portrait by English landscape artist William Fisk in 1849. [National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, NPG.70.14]")
George Catlin was among the earliest Euro-American artists to paint the Indigenous peoples…
![Peter Rindisbacher, portrait by George Markham. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Objects Collection, 1985-101-0001]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-06/1.%20Peter%20Rindisbacher.jpg?itok=KBiV1ouZ "Peter Rindisbacher, portrait by George Markham. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Objects Collection, 1985-101-0001]")
Peter Rindisbacher’s paintings and watercolors are among the earliest images of the indigenous peoples and…
![Carl Wimar, circa 1860. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N38636]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-12/1.%20Carl%20Wimar.jpg?itok=Yk997_Pz "Carl Wimar, circa 1860. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N38636]")
In his St. Louis studio, Charles “Carl” Ferdinand Wimar painted the Missouri River frontier…