Peter Rindisbacher | |
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| Born | Peter Rindisbacher 12 April 1806 Emmental, Switzerland |
| Died | 13 August 1834 (aged 28) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | One year in a Swiss art school as a youth, but mostly self-taught |
| Known for | Watercolor painter |
| Movement | Naïve Realism |
Peter Rindisbacher (12 April 1806 – 12 or 13 August 1834) was a Swiss artist. He specialized in watercolors and illustrations dealing with First Nation tribes of mid-Western Canada and the United States, mostly depictions of the Anishinaabe, Cree, and Sioux, usually in group action or genre scenes.[1] He seldom did individual portraits; however, he painted himself into a few interior tipi scenes, usually smoking a pipe. He commonly referred to the tipis as tents, such as in the title, Inside a Skin Tent.[2]
- ^ Josephy, Alvin M. Jr., The Artist was a Young Man: The Life Story of Peter Rindisbacher. Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum, 1970.
- ^ Painted in 1824, one of the earliest studies of a tipi by a non-Indian. Library and Archives Canada Collection.