Charles Ferdinand Wimar
Indians Approaching Fort Union
c. 1859
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Artist
Charles Ferdinand Wimar
(American, b. Germany, 1828–1862)
- Title Indians Approaching Fort Union
- Date c. 1859
- Medium Oil on canvas
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Dimensions
unframed | 24 x 48 7/16 in.
- Credit line Gift of Dr. William Van Zandt, 1886
- Object number WU 3410
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Technique
oil painting
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Work type
painting
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Theme
Empire and Settler Colonialism
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Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 09/20/2013 - 01/06/2014
Travel and Tourism in American Culture
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 09/01/2005 - 10/21/2005
The American West: Selections from the Washington University Collection
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 01/03/2002 - 04/14/2002
Beginnings: The Taste of the Founders
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 01/21/2000 - 03/19/2000
Green Acres: Neocolonialism in the U.S.
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 09/11/1992 - 11/01/1992
Carl Wimar: Chronicler of the Missouri River Frontier
Amon Carter Museum of American Art (Fort Worth, Texas), 05/04/1991 - 08/04/1991
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 01/26/1991 - 03/24/1991
Nineteenth Century Art from the Collection
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 01/19/1986 - 04/01/1986
The Way We See It: America by Americans 1850–1980
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 10/10/1982 - 11/07/1982
Western Art from St. Louis Collections
First Street Forum, Inc. (St. Louis, Missouri), 04/24/1982 - 06/20/1982
The Centennial Exhibition
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 05/15/1981 - 10/11/1981
19th and 20th Century American Landscapes
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 06/02/1980 - 07/27/1980
19th and 20th Century American Painting: Selections from the Washington University Gallery of Art
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 11/16/1979 - 01/06/1980
Mountain Man Exhibition
Buffalo Bill Historical Center (Cody, Wyoming), 05/01/1978 - 09/30/1978
The American West
Palace of Culture (Lasi, Romania), 03/29/1974 - 04/10/1974
National Museum in Warsaw (Warsaw, Poland), 01/08/1974 - 02/17/1974
National Gallery, Prague (Prague, Czechoslovakia), 09/10/1974 - 11/03/1974
Fine Arts Gallery of the City of Skopje (Daut Pasha’s Bath, Yugoslavia), 06/17/1974 - 07/07/1974
Ethnographic Museum of Zagreb (Zagreb, Yugoslavia), 05/13/1974 - 06/09/1974
Cultural Information Center (Sarajevo, Yugoslavia), 08/14/1974 - 08/25/1974
Venue Unknown (Bucharest, Romania), 03/01/1974 - 03/22/1974
Belgrade Cultural Center (Belgrade, Yugoslavia), 07/15/1974 - 07/31/1974
Banatul Museum (Timisoara, Romania), 04/19/1974 - 05/05/1974
American Consulate (Kraków, Poland), 11/09/1974 - 12/15/1974
Slovak National Museum, Bratislava Castle (Czechoslovakia), 01/08/1975 - 02/02/1975
The American West: Painters from Catlin to Russell
The American West,
deYoung Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 06/29/1972 - 09/17/1972
The American West,
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 03/28/1972 - 05/28/1972
The American West,
Saint Louis Art Museum, 11/02/1972 - 12/31/1972
Western Art
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts (Kalamazoo, Michigan)
Salute to St. Louis
Stix, Baer & Fuller Department Store, 10/04/1965 - 10/16/1965
Art of the American Frontier
IBM Gallery (New York, New York), 03/01/1964 - 03/31/1964
Opening Exhibition of Mark C. Steinberg Memorial Hall
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 04/29/1960
The Last Frontier
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, Missouri), 10/05/1957 - 11/17/1957
Westward the Way
Walker Art Center, 01/14/1955 - 02/28/1955
Saint Louis Art Museum, 10/22/1954 - 12/06/1954
Mississippi Panorama
Saint Louis Art Museum, 10/10/1949 - 11/27/1949
Westward Ho
Brooklyn Museum, 02/09/1949 - 04/10/1949
Carl Wimar: Painter of the Indian Frontier
Saint Louis Art Museum, 10/18/1946 - 12/15/1946
Fourth Annual St. Louis Fair
St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Association (St. Louis, Missouri), 09/26/1859 - 10/01/1859
150th Anniversary Exhibition, Louisiana Purchase, Cabilde, New Orleans
Louisiana State Museum (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
1886
Dr. William Van Zandt
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