Sitting Bull is a painting by David Hinds which was uploaded on July 3rd, 2017.
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull was a Lakota holy man, leader and chief. This colorful portrait pastel painting of Sitting Bull shows strong character in his face. I... more
by David Hinds
Original - Sold
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Dimensions
16.000 x 20.000 x 0.250 inches
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Title
Sitting Bull
Artist
David Hinds
Medium
Painting - Pastel On Panel
Description
Sitting Bull was a Lakota holy man, leader and chief. This colorful portrait pastel painting of Sitting Bull shows strong character in his face. I found a black and white photo of Sitting Bull wearing a large crucifix and did this artwork based on it. The piece is loosely based on what I think is one of the most famous photos of the Chief which is most of the time shown cropped, omitting the cross.
Sitting Bull was a Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance against United States government policies.
Before the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Sitting Bull had a vision in which he saw many soldiers, "as thick as grasshoppers", falling upside down into the Lakota camp, which his people took as a foreshadowing of a major victory in which many soldiers would be killed. About three weeks later, the confederated Lakota tribes with the Northern Cheyenne defeated the 7th Cavalry under Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer on June 25, 1876, annihilating Custer's battalion and seeming to fulfill Sitting Bull's prophetic vision. Sitting Bull's leadership inspired his people to a major victory. In response, the U.S. government sent thousands more soldiers to the area, forcing many of the Lakota to surrender over the next year. Sitting Bull refused to surrender, and in May 1877, he led his band north to Wood Mountain, North-West Territories (now Saskatchewan). He remained there until 1881, when he and most of his band returned to U.S. territory and surrendered to U.S. forces.
After working as a performer with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, Sitting Bull returned to the Standing Rock Agency in South Dakota. Because of fears that Sitting Bull would use his influence to support the Ghost Dance movement, Indian Service agent James McLaughlin at Fort Yates ordered his arrest. During an ensuing struggle between Sitting Bull's followers and the agency police, Sitting Bull was shot in the side and head by Standing Rock policemen Lieutenant Bull Head, after the police were fired upon by Sitting Bull's supporters. His body was taken to nearby Fort Yates for burial. In 1953, his Lakota family exhumed what were believed to be his remains, reburying them near Mobridge, South Dakota, near his birthplace.Sitting Bulls final resting place is Mobridge South Dakota, also where he was born.
Original artwork is soft pastel on a prepared hardboard panel. SOLD
1st Place - FAA TRADITIONAL INDIAN PAINTINGS CONTEST - 04/25/2021
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2nd Place Tie - FAA THE TRAGEDY OF WAR CONTEST - 02/26/2024
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The World We See group- 07/03/2017
Imagination-Artistry-Creativity group- 07/04/2017
Images That Excite You group- 07/04/2017
Art District group- 07/05/2017
Midwest America Artist Group - 07/09/2017
FAA-Pixels All Stars group-07/16/2017
Oil Pastel and Soft Pastel Paintings group - 07/28/2017
Uploaded
July 3rd, 2017
