George De Forest Brush in THE INDIAN PAINTINGS

The first exhibition of George de Forest Brush's remarkable great paintings of Americal indians will be on view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington , Sep 14,2008 through jan 4, 2009. Inspired in part by the recent rediscovery of an Aztec Sculptor 1887, the exhibition and its accompanying catalogue will offer groundbreaking new research on Brush's works with long prized by collectors, yet available for public viewing. The exhibition of 21 paintings includes life studies of young Arapahoe and Shoshone men completed in 1882, while Brush was living Wyoming, also as studio paintings with indian subjects completed following the artist's return east. The exhibition catalogue is the first scholarly study to investigate in depth the aesthetic sources and the historical complexity of Brush's indian paintings. This exhibition has been opened on sep 14 at 2:00 p.m., the lecturer was given by Anderson for George de forest in the indian paintings.