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Karl Bodmer (1809-1893)

Aliases: Carl Bodmer; Johann Carl Bodmer

Professions: Painter; Etcher; Lithographer

  • Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied, Prince . , Reise in das innere Nord-America in den Jahren 1832 bis 1834. Koblenz: J. Hoelscher, 1839-1841

  • Karl Bodmer 1809-1893 , Marsh Interior oil on canvas

  • KARL BODMER (daprès)Pehriska-Ruhpa, Mönnitari Krieger, costumé pour la danse des chiens. Aquatinte coloriée par René Rollet. 530 x 390

  • AFTER KARL BODMER (American 1809-1893)

Karl Bodmer Biography

(b Riesbach, Switzerland, Feb 1809; d Barbizon, Seine-et-Marne, 30 Oct 1893). Swiss painter and graphic artist, active in the USA and France. His earliest exposure to art probably came from his uncle, the landscape painter and engraver Johann Jakob Meyer (1787–1858). When he was 22, Bodmer moved to Paris, where he studied art under Sébastien Cornu. In Paris he met his future patron, Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, who was planning an ambitious scientific expedition to North America. Bodmer was engaged to accompany the expedition and to provide sketches of the American wilderness. After touring the East Coast, the party made their way westward via the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to St Louis, MO, and in 1833 travelled up the Missouri River into country scarcely inhabited by white men. On the journey north to Ft MacKenzie, WY, Bodmer recorded the landscape and the groups of Indians they encountered. Having wintered in Ft Clark, ND, they returned to New York and then Europe in 1834.

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  • Dacota Indianerin und Assiniboin Madchen. Indienne Dacota et Jeune Fille Assiniboine. Dacota Woman and Assiniboin Girl. Prints Native American  Karl Bodmer 1841  A, Karl Bodmer, $0 View Details
  • The Travellers Meeting with Minatarre Indians near Fort Clark Prints Native American  Karl Bodmer 1842  A, Karl Bodmer, $0 View Details

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  • (INDIANS.) Bodmer, Karl. Assiniboin Indians. Tableau 32., Karl Bodmer, Click for value View Details
  • (INDIANS.) Bodmer, Karl. Sih-Chida & Mahchsi-Karehde. Mandan Indians. Tableau 20., Karl Bodmer, Click for value View Details
  • Karl Bodmer PEHRISKA-RUHPA Hand-colored aquatint, engraving and roulette by Rollet, Karl Bodmer, Click for value View Details
  • KARL BODMER, INDIANS HUNTING THE BISON. Aquatint, Karl Bodmer, Click for value View Details
  • Karl Bodmer (Swiss, 1809-1893) Hand-colored Lithograph, c. 1839-43, Tableau 29, Junction of the Yellowstone River with the Missouri, (damage, border trimmed, not examined out of frame), image size 17 x 12 in., Karl Bodmer, Click for value View Details
  • KARL BODMER, BISON-DANCE OF THE MANDAN INDIANS., Karl Bodmer, Click for value View Details

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