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Vintage Curtis Botanical Iby Edward S. Curtis
22" x 27" Framed Art Print Frame
Vintage Curtis Botanical IIby Edward S. Curtis
22" x 26" Framed Art Print Frame
Vintage Curtis Botanical IIIby Edward S. Curtis
22" x 26" Framed Art Print Frame
Vintage Curtis Botanical IVby Edward S. Curtis
22" x 26" Framed Art Print Frame
Vintage Curtis Botanical Vby Edward S. Curtis
22" x 27" Framed Art Print Frame
Vintage Curtis Botanical VIby Edward S. Curtis
22" x 27" Framed Art Print Frame
Tropical Blooms Iby Edward S. Curtis
22" x 31" Framed Artwork Frame
Tropical Blooms IIIby Edward S. Curtis
22" x 31" Framed Artwork Frame
Berries & Blossoms Vby Edward S. Curtis
20" x 24" Framed Artwork Frame
Tropical Blooms IIby Edward S. Curtis
30" x 30" Framed Artwork Frame
Tropical Blooms IVby Edward S. Curtis
30" x 30" Framed Artwork Frame
Tropical Curtis Botanical IIby Edward S. Curtis
29" x 25" Framed Artwork Frame
Curtis Leaves & Blooms IIby Edward S. Curtis
26" x 30" Framed Artwork Frame
Tropical Gems VIby Edward S. Curtis
20" x 28" Framed Art Frame
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Curtis Palms Iby Edward S. Curtis
20" x 27" Framed Art Frame
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Tropical Variety Iby Edward S. Curtis
22" x 27" Framed Art Frame
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Tropical Variety IIby Edward S. Curtis
22" x 27" Framed Art Frame
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Tropical Variety IIIby Edward S. Curtis
22" x 27" Framed Art Frame
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Tropical Variety VIby Edward S. Curtis
22" x 27" Framed Art Frame
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Tropical Variety VIIby Edward S. Curtis
22" x 27" Framed Art Frame
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Tropical Variety IXby Edward S. Curtis
22" x 27" Framed Art Frame
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Palm Melange IVby Edward S. Curtis
22" x 27" Framed Art Frame
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Palm Melange VIIby Edward S. Curtis
22" x 27" Framed Art Frame
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Palm Melange VIIIby Edward S. Curtis
22" x 27" Framed Art Frame
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Tropical Variety VIIIby Edward S. Curtis
22" x 27" Framed Art Frame
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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 VIby Edward S. Curtis
20" x 24" Framed Artwork Frame
Lavender Curtis Botanicals IIIby Edward S. Curtis
23" x 27" Framed Artwork Frame
Lavender Curtis Botanicals IVby Edward S. Curtis
23" x 27" Framed Artwork Frame
Amaryllis Splendor Iby Edward S. Curtis
31" x 24" Framed Artwork Frame
Amaryllis Splendor IIby Edward S. Curtis
31" x 24" Framed Artwork Frame
Tropical Gems Iby Edward S. Curtis
19" x 27" Framed Art Frame
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Tropical Gems IVby Edward S. Curtis
19" x 27" Framed Art Frame
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Tropical Gems Vby Edward S. Curtis
19" x 27" Framed Art Frame
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Curtis Palms VIby Edward S. Curtis
20" x 27" 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.