The painting features a view from a shaded, leafy area looking out towards an open landscape. Tall trees with cascading vines and dense foliage dominate the scene close to us. Beyond the trees, the horizon is set low and appears to be a blend of various shades of green and muted pastels. The brushstrokes used to depict the trees and foliage are soft and sweeping, creating a lush, textured effect. The color palette is rich in greens, with touches of earth tones in the structures on the right, and patches of soft blues in the sky just above the horizon.
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The painting features a view from a shaded, leafy area looking out towards an open landscape. Tall trees with cascading vines and dense foliage dominate the scene close to us. Beyond the trees, the horizon is set low and appears to be a blend of various shades of green and muted pastels. The brushstrokes used to depict the trees and foliage are soft and sweeping, creating a lush, textured effect. The color palette is rich in greens, with touches of earth tones in the structures on the right, and patches of soft blues in the sky just above the horizon.

National Gallery of Art · Painting

A Connibo Village

George Catlin

Date
1854/1869
Medium
oil on card mounted on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 46 x 59.8 cm (18 1/8 x 23 9/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Accession number
1965.16.295
Credit line
Paul Mellon Collection
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CAB

Subjects and terms

  • painted surface
  • American
  • Village
  • American Paintings, Catlin
  • Connibo
  • South American Indian
  • architecture
Provenance

George Catlin [1796-1872]; by descent to his daughters, Clara Gregory Catlin, Louise Catlin Kinney, and Elizabeth Wing Catlin; purchased 1912 from Elizabeth Wing Catlin by the American Museum of Natural History; sold 1959 through (Kennedy Galleries, New York) to Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift 1965 to the NGA.

NGA object ID 50603. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.