Karl Ferdinand Wimar

Feb 20, 1828 - Nov 28, 1862

Karl Ferdinand Wimar, was a German-American painter who concentrated on Native Americans in the West and the great herds of buffalo.
He is known for an early painting of a colonial incident: his The Abduction of Boone's Daughter by the Indians, a depiction of the 1776 capture near Boonesborough, Kentucky of Jemima Boone and two other girls by a Cherokee-Shawnee raiding party.

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The Lost Trail

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The Abduction of Daniel Boone's Daughter by the Indians

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Buffalo Hunt

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The Buffalo Dance

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The Captive Charger

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Chief Billy Bowlegs

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Carl Wimar Self-Portrait

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Study for Indian in "Buffalo Hunt by Indians"

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Buffalo Drinking

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