Great Royal Buffalo Hunt #1
by Louis Maurer
Title
Great Royal Buffalo Hunt #1
Artist
Louis Maurer
Medium
Painting - Painting
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Great Royal Buffalo Hunt by Louis Maurer
This image features the great Buffalo Bill Cody.
Maurer was inspired by the Western-themed work of George Catlin and Karl Bodmer, Maurer specialized in portraying horses in great detail. The German- born artist took a job in the U.S. as a lithographer for Currier and Ives.
Louis Maurer (February 21, 1832 – July 19, 1932) was a German-born American lithographer, and the father of the American painter Alfred Henry Maurer. He was the last surviving artist known to have been employed by Currier and Ives. Prior to his death, Maurer was extensively interviewed about the firm by collector and connoisseur Harry T. Peters for his book Currier & Ives, Printmakers to the American People.
Inspired by the Western-themed work of George Catlin and Karl Bodmer, Maurer specialized in portraying horses in great detail. The German- born artist took a job in the U.S. as a lithographer for Currier and Ives.
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