Karl Bodmer's Studio Art: The Newberry Library Bodmer Collection

by David C. Hunt, W. Raymond Wood, Joseph C. Porter, et al.

Book Overview

To document the natural history and inhabitants of the American West, Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied selected the Swiss artist Karl Bodmer to accompany him on his 1833-34 expedition up the Missouri River. Beginning in St. Louis, they journeyed as far as inland waterways could take them, through present-day Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, and into Montana.During the expedition, twenty-three-year-old Bodmer sketched and painted a wealth of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252074610
• ISBN13: 9780252074615
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Captured the imaginations of the western world then and now

Collaboratively written by W. Raymond Wood (Professor of Anthropology, University of Missouri-Columbia), Joseph C. Porter (Chief Curator, North Carolina Museum of History), and David C. Hunt (Director, Stark Museum of Art, Orange, Texas), and enhanced with numerous black-and-white illustrations and studio art reproductions, Karl Bodmer's Studio Art is a truly captivating collection of images and an informative, scholarly study of the works of Karl Bodmer, a Swiss artist whom Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied selected for an 1833-34 expedition up the Missouri River. Bodmer sketched and painted landscapes and Native American portraits which uniquely captured the imaginations of the western world then and now. Enthusiastically recommended for academic and community library Art History and American History reference collections, Karl Bodmer's Studio Art focuses more on the story of Bodmer's journey than the art itself, yet both the text and the illustrations have a timeless appeal.