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Berries & Blossoms Iby Edward S. Curtis
20" x 24" Framed Artwork Frame
Berries & Blossoms IIby Edward S. Curtis
20" x 24" Framed Artwork Frame
Berries & Blossoms IIIby Edward S. Curtis
21" x 24" Framed Artwork Frame
Berries & Blossoms IVby Edward S. Curtis
21" x 24" Framed Artwork Frame
Berries & Blossoms Vby Edward S. Curtis
20" x 24" Framed Artwork Frame
Berries & Blossoms VIby Edward S. Curtis
20" x 24" Framed Artwork Frame
Blushing Peony Iby Edward S. Curtis
22" x 27" Framed Artwork Frame
Blushing Peony IIby Edward S. Curtis
22" x 26" Framed Artwork Frame
Blushing Peony IIIby Edward S. Curtis
23" x 27" Framed Artwork Frame
Blushing Peony IVby Edward S. Curtis
23" x 26" Framed Artwork Frame
Tropical Nodding Renealmiaby Edward S. Curtis
33" x 33" Framed Artwork Frame
Tropical Indian Reedby Edward S. Curtis
33" x 33" Framed Artwork Frame
Curtis Iris IVby Edward S. Curtis
21" x 27" Framed Artwork Frame
Curtis Iris Vby Edward S. Curtis
21" x 27" Framed Artwork Frame
Curtis Iris VIby Edward S. Curtis
21" x 27" Framed Artwork Frame
Curtis Narcissus Iby Edward S. Curtis
23" x 31" Framed Artwork Frame
Curtis Narcissus IIby Edward S. Curtis
23" x 31" Framed Artwork Frame
Curtis Narcissus IIIby Edward S. Curtis
23" x 31" Framed Artwork Frame
Curtis Narcissus IVby Edward S. Curtis
23" x 31" Framed Artwork Frame
Floral Lace Iby Edward S. Curtis
23" x 30" Framed Artwork Frame
Floral Lace IIby Edward S. Curtis
22" x 30" Framed Artwork Frame
Floral Lace IIIby Edward S. Curtis
23" x 31" Framed Artwork Frame
Floral Lace IVby Edward S. Curtis
23" x 31" Framed Artwork Frame
Curtis Palms Iby Edward S. Curtis
19" x 25" Framed Art Frame
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Curtis Palms IIIby Edward S. Curtis
19" x 25" Framed Art Frame
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Curtis Palms IVby Edward S. Curtis
19" x 25" Framed Art Frame
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Curtis Palms Vby Edward S. Curtis
19" x 25" Framed Art Frame
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Curtis Palms VIby Edward S. Curtis
19" x 25" Framed Art Frame
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Curtis Tulips Iby Edward S. Curtis
19" x 25" Framed Art Frame
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Curtis Tulips IIby Edward S. Curtis
19" x 25" Framed Art Frame
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Curtis Tulips IIIby Edward S. Curtis
19" x 25" Framed Art Frame
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Curtis Tulips IVby Edward S. Curtis
19" x 25" Framed Art Frame
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Curtis Tulips VIby Edward S. Curtis
19" x 25" Framed Art Frame
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Curtis Tulips VIIby Edward S. Curtis
19" x 25" Framed Art Frame
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Curtis Tulips VIIIby Edward S. Curtis
19" x 25" Framed Art Frame
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Curtis Tulips IXby Edward S. Curtis
19" x 25" Framed Art Frame
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Edward S. Curtis (born 1868) was born to Reverend Johnson Curtis in rural Wisconsin. Curtis and his siblings grew up in poverty. The entire family occasionally went for days or even weeks at a time surviving solely on a diet of potatoes. Before Curtis’ 5th birthday, the family moved to rural Cordova, Minnesota. Even though Curtis had some contact with American Indians while growing up in Minnesota, most traditional Indian life there had disappeared by the time his family arrived in the 1870s.
After completing his formal education at age 12, Curtis built himself a camera, using a stereopticon lens his father had brought back from the Civil War. He demonstrated ingenuity, self-direction, and independence that would become the hallmarks of his adult life; he thus unwittingly embarked on his photographic career. Later on in life, Curtis spent a great deal of time reading about and experimenting with photographic ideas and techniques. At seventeen years of age, he moved to St. Paul, MN where he spent time as an apprentice photographer. Soon, he was well versed in the fundamentals of photography and became a dedicated and serious practitioner.
Between 1906 and 1930, he encountered many hardships and endured great personal risk in pursuit of his dream. Not only was he making thousands of negatives throughout Canada and the western United States, but he also acted as a principal publisher, ethnographer, administrator and fundraiser. The intensity with which he pursued his dream had a great toll on his health. He drove himself to the limit for many years and ended up suffering a nervous and physical breakdown in 1930. He died in 1952, essentially unknown and penniless. However, framed Edward S. Curtis art are still found in many art galleries throughout the world.