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Birth
1860 (Ashland, Ohio)
Death
1942 (New York City)
Lived/Active
Connecticut/New York
Often Known For
painting-Indian, western genre, animal, camouflage artist
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San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exhibition 1915
Taos Pre 1940
Western Painters
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Born in Ashland, Ohio, Edwin Deming was an early illustrator and
painter of the American West where he traveled among several Indian
tribes. He had grown up with Sac, Fox, and Winnebago playmates in
western Illinois and later lived among Indians for thirty-one years.
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was committed to depicting the unspoiled Indian, a mission he perceived
as trying to make amends for corrupting their culture. It was
said that "No painter knew more about the American Indian--his life,
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