Why would the artist George Catlin’s paintings from the 1800s be considered a form of artistic documentation?

The artist George Catlin’s has portrayed the life of an ordinary Indian in great detail in his art work.

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The famous American artist George Catlin was fascinated with the indian culture.In 1800's the artist traveled north america  in order to document the Indian lifestyle on the canvas.

Artist George Catlin also recorded the various Indian  plains and its territories.

In Europe and its eastern capital Caitlin developed the Indian gallery in which he displayed the fusion of two different cultures and the transformation they undergo due to such fusion.He also displayed the primitive looks and the costumes of the Indian culture.

The American artist George Catlin became fascinated with Indians in the early 1800s and traveled extensively throughout North America so he could document them on canvas. In his paintings and writings Catlin portrayed Indian life in great detail.

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