The Buffalo Hunt

Artist John Mix Stanley (1814 - 1872)

Date1855

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions29 3/4 x 39 in. (75.6 x 99.1 cm)
Framed: 41 1/2 in. × 51 in. × 6 in.

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2010.95

Signedl.l., in brown paint: J.M. Stanley / 1855

Accession number 2010.95

On View

On view

ProvenanceJohn Carl Richberg; by bequest to to Donald R. Richberg [1881-1960] (his son), Charlottesville, VA, by 1949; O. Rundle Gilbert [d. 1989], Poughkeepsie, NY, 1958; (Kennedy Galleries, New York, NY), 1963; Bronson Trevor [d. 2002], New York, NY; (Hirschl & Adler, New York, NY), 1977; Warner Collection of Gulf State Paper Corporation, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1980; to Gerald P. Peters, Santa Fe, NM, 1982; to William D. Weiss, Jackson Hole, WY, 1992; (J.N. Bartfield Galleries, New York, NY); Thomas A. Petrie, Denver, CO; (Sotheby's, Inc., New York, NY); purchased by a private foundation for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2005
Label TextBy the time John Mix Stanley encountered Blackfeet Indians in present-day Montana in the 1850s, the United States was rapidly expanding westward, impacting traditional ways of life. Stanley befriended and painted many Plains Indians through his extensive travels in the American West. Eventually, he created a gallery of more than 150 portraits and scenes like The Buffalo Hunt.

En la década de 1850, cuando John Mix Stanley conoció a los indios Blackfeet en lo que hoy es Montana, los Estados Unidos estaban expandiéndose rápidamente hacia el oeste, afectando los estilos de vida tradicionales. Stanley conoció y pintó muchos indios de las llanuras (Plains) a través de su largo viaje por el oeste norteamericano. Eventualmente, creó una galería de más de 150 retratos y escenas como La caza del búfalo.