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1st Art Gallery offers the option to receive your painting ready to hang or rolled in a tube.
Currently, for safety, we're able to ship framed paintings only up to a certain size. Once the maximum size is reached, the framing option is automatically disabled.
However, if you are interested in stretching or framing a painting larger than 24x36 inches (60x90 cm), please contact one of our customer success associates or let us know in your order notes. We will send you a catalog of our large framing styles and pricing options.
Unframed rolled canvas orders will arrive rolled inside a protective tube with an extra 1.5" white canvas on all sides so you can easily frame it locally.
Seminole Chief Osceola is an impressive portrait painting by George Catlin and belongs to the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The picture was painted in 1838 in one of the most productive decades of George Catlin. Around this period, Catlin visited around fifty tribes, depicting many of these individuals at their lands, aiming at documenting their lives. In a time when racial prejudice was supported by law, Catlin had the intention to bring awareness and dignity to these people. His portraits are realistic but also display an expressive color use, always aiming for the individuality of his sitter. Seminole Chief Osceola is a stunning example of Catlin's skill as a portraitist.
Osceola was a war leader of the Seminole indigenous community. They are originally from the Florida region, formed through interactions between other indigenous groups during the Spanish occupation of the area. Osceola was essential during a conflict known as the Second Seminole War when the US government tried to relocate the Seminole people out of Florida. Osceola was a key figure for the Seminola resistance and got captured after being fooled into a truce negotiation. In 1837, Catlin visited him in prison, where he started the studies and preparations for his portrait.
Seminole Chief Osceola is a portrait painting. As with many leaders among the indigenous community, Catlin made a composition that goes from the beginning of his chest until some space above his head. In this way, Catlin could both get his distinctive features while emphasizing a part of his clothing.
Osceola is wearing a beautiful burgundy jacket, which has pink flower patterns. A black strip passes through his chest with leaf-shaped silver details. He has many necklaces of various materials; an especially striking one is made of big silver ornaments; and big beautiful black and white plumes on his head. His face is painted very realistically; the clothing and other objects are also rendered with the utmost detail. As much of Catlin's work, Seminole Chief Osceola acts as genuine Historical painting: documentation of an important and singular figure in the US's story.
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You may choose to purchase your painting framed, in which case, it will arrive "ready to hang". We offer more than 20 beautiful models, all hand finished and expertly assembled by our experienced framers.
Note that for safety reasons we can only frame up to a certain size. Once the maximum size is reached the framing option is automatically disabled.
If you are planning to frame your painting yourself, use an existing frame, or frame it locally, you may choose to order your painting with a stretching service, meaning that it will arrive mounted on wooden bars.
If you're considering not framing your painting at all, you may opt for a Gallery Wrap. The term Gallery Wrap refers to the way the canvas is stretched, which is by wrapping it around thick stretcher bars, about 1.5 inch thick, with the canvas being secured to the back rather than the sides of those bars.
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Unframed paintings are covered with a special protective film, are gently rolled and then placed inside a strong specially designed tube.
Stretched, Gallery Wrapped and Framed paintings are covered with protective bubble wrap, separated by foam board and then carefully put into the cardboard box.