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Art of the American West: Buffalo Works

Bison on the Plains - Catlin's chases, wallows and wounded bulls, and Bierstadt's The Last of the Buffalo, painted after the herds had been hunted nearly to extinction.

The Last of the Buffalo, 1888

The Last of the Buffalo

1888

The Last of the Buffalo, 1891

The Last of the Buffalo

1891

Buffalo Chase, Sioux Indians, Upper Missouri, 1861

Buffalo Chase, Sioux Indians, Upper Missouri

1861

After the Buffalo Chase - Sioux, 1861

After the Buffalo Chase - Sioux

1861

Pawnee Indians Approaching Buffalo, 1861

Pawnee Indians Approaching Buffalo

1861

Buffalo Dance - Mandan, 1861

Buffalo Dance - Mandan

1861

Buffalo Chase in the Snow Drifts - Ojibbeway, 1861

Buffalo Chase in the Snow Drifts - Ojibbeway

1861

Buffalo Chase, 1861

Buffalo Chase

1861

Buffalo Chase, with Accidents, 1861

Buffalo Chase, with Accidents

1861

Catlin and Indian Attacking Buffalo, 1861

Catlin and Indian Attacking Buffalo

1861

A Buffalo Wallow, 1861

A Buffalo Wallow

1861

Buffalo Chase - Bulls Protecting the Calves, 1861

Buffalo Chase - Bulls Protecting the Calves

1861

Bulls Fighting, 1861

Bulls Fighting

1861

Catlin and Two Companions Shooting Buffalo, 1861

Catlin and Two Companions Shooting Buffalo

1861

Camanchees Lancing a Buffalo Bull, 1861

Camanchees Lancing a Buffalo Bull

1861

Wounded Buffalo Bull, 1861

Wounded Buffalo Bull

1861

Dying Buffalo Bull, 1861

Dying Buffalo Bull

1861

American Pasturage - Prairies of the Platte, 1861

American Pasturage - Prairies of the Platte

1861

Mired Buffalo and Wolves, 1861

Mired Buffalo and Wolves

1861

Grizzly Bears Attacking Buffalo, 1861

Grizzly Bears Attacking Buffalo

1861

Buffalo Lancing in the Snow Drifts - Sioux, 1861

Buffalo Lancing in the Snow Drifts - Sioux

1861

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Public-domain archive. All works sourced from the National Gallery of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Art.