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They Did Not Want "Civilized," Field-Tilling Indians
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N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
They Did Not Want "Civilized," Field-Tilling Indians
Oil on canvas
1905
23 3/4 × 11 7/8 in. (60.3 × 30.2 cm)
SUPP2000.1279
Private collection
Not on view
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She thought a poet was a man who made rimes; she did not guess that this man when he said: "'There'll be fences here, and fields and roofs and chimneys," was talking poetry
N.C. Wyeth
1930
One day a band of fifteen Indians jammed me in a sand ravine. I made a running fight for eleven miles, but went unscathed and had a lead of two miles at Sweetwater Bridge.
N.C. Wyeth
1916
Behind, not two hundred yards away, were two Indians.
N.C. Wyeth
1905
"I remember," writes Buffalo Bill, "the next day father began trading with the Indians, who were so pleased over the bargins we offered that they sent their friends back to us after they cantered away."
N.C. Wyeth
1916
untitled (three Indians at a stream in snowy woods)
N.C. Wyeth
1904
Thanksgiving with Indians
N.C. Wyeth
1940
"An exhibition, sir, of self-effacement which shamed our puny civilized philanthropy"
N.C. Wyeth
1905
untitled sketch (cowboys and Indians)
N.C. Wyeth
1903 / 1904
The Thanksgiving Feast (including Thanksgiving with the Indians), presentation painting
N.C. Wyeth
1940
As they paddled away, they could see the Indians come whooping into the clearing.
N.C. Wyeth
1945
From Behind His Back Indians Bounded Down Toward Him, Eager to Capture Him Alive
N.C. Wyeth
1910
Renfrew Greets the Indians
Frank E. Schoonover
ca. 1934
