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Seth Eastman

Seth Eastman. By: Kendra Boblett. Background. Seth was born on January 24, 1808 Parents were Robert and Sara Lee Eastman He was the oldest of 13 children At age 16 he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1824. In West Point.

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Seth Eastman

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  1. Seth Eastman By: Kendra Boblett

  2. Background • Seth was born on January 24, 1808 • Parents were Robert and Sara Lee Eastman • He was the oldest of 13 children • At age 16 he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1824

  3. In West Point • He learned sketching and topography • Began to paint scenes featuring the daily life of local native tribes • In 1830 he was assigned to go to Fort Snelling for topography duty where he met Wakaninajinwin (15 year old daughter of Cloud Man, a Dakota Chief) and married her. Eastman left 2 years later in 1832 soon after the birth of his baby girl, Winona, for another assignment. When he left he ended the marriage.

  4. His life • From 1833 to 1840 Seth taught drawing at West point • In 1835 he remarried Mary Henderson, the daughter of a West Point Surgeon. • Mary and Seth had 5 children and in 1841 Seth returned to Fort Snelling and stayed there for the next 7 years • This is when Eastman began recording the everyday lives of the Dakota and Ojibwe people. Mary also become involved in preserving the Native culture by writing books on local tales and legends while Seth would illustrate them.

  5. In 1847 Henry R. Schoolcraft was chosen to conduct the study of the American Indian People. Eastman illustrated the 6 volume set, published between 1851 and 1857 as Historical and Statistical information Respecting the History, Condition, and Prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States • The U.S. house of Rep. Committee on Military affairs also commissioned Eastman to paint images of 17 important forts which he completed between 1870 and 1875.

  6. The art “Guarding the Cornfeilds” is and early 1800’s Watercolor painting by Seth Eastman

  7. “Spearing Fish in Winter” was done in 1868 Oil on Canvas

  8. “The Tanner” finished in 1848 Oil on Canvas 30 1/2” x 25 1/4”

  9. “Death Whoop” This is an oil on canvas painting that depicts a Native America Warrior holding up the Scalp of a white person. It was part of a collection of Eastman’s works commissioned by the United States Congress. Many people found it rather disturbing so it was removed on two occasions from public view.

  10. His death • Seth died while painting in his home in Washington D.C. from a stroke on August 31, 1875 • Much of his work is very significant because art historians believe that Eastman based his work from observation in Villages of Kaposia and Little Crow, as well as in Scott, Washaba, and Winona counties

  11. Bibliography http://www.mnhs.org/library/tips/history_topics/134eastman.htmhttp://www.rockwellmuseum.org/iu/Tanner2.jpghttp://www.printsoldandrare.com/indians/107indn.jpghttp://www.apec.umn.edu/staff/dtiffany/cornharvest.png

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