(5 Dec 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bismarck, North Dakota – 4 December 2024
1. Close up of art
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Peterson, Director of State Historical Society:
“These are Bodmer aquatints, Karl Bodmer aquatints from the 1830s that were recently gifted to us through our foundation, through a gift from Sam McQuade.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bismarck, North Dakota – 5 December 2024
3. Exterior of North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum
4. Interior of North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bismarck, North Dakota – 4 December 2024
5. Presentation of artwork
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Peterson, Director of State Historical Society:
“There are pretty significant because they represent a very early visual depiction, accurate visual depiction of life on the Missouri River in North Dakota from from the 1830s. So prior to photography, we had artists that would that would draw these very accurate renditions of the local Native Americans, Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nations.”
7. SOUNDBITE (English) David Borlaug, Owner of Masters Gallery in Bismarck:
“We put together a family who had inherited this collection with the State Historical Society, knowing how much they belonged here in North Dakota. Most of the images of the 26 are from Fort Clark, where they spent the winter. And so it’s a specific, very important to North Dakota. And thanks to the generosity of Sam McQuade in honor of his wife, Maryvonne, here they are, you know, for everyone to enjoy.”
8. Close up of art
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) David Borlaug, Owner of Masters Gallery in Bismarck:
“Aquatints were used extensively in that era. These were produced from a period of 1839 to 1843, and the original painting would then be converted to metal, copper or steel by an engraver, which is an art form all of its own in reverse.”
10. SOUNDBITE (English) David Borlaug, Owner of Masters Gallery in Bismarck:
“And then they would pull a print, if you will, off that plate. And so usually with just one or two colors, then the next set of artisans would come in, watercolor artists who would hand tint, add all the colors to each image one by one by one. Hence the name aquatint, from watercolor.”
11. State of Historical Society of North Dakota logo
12. Peterson speaking next to artwork
STORYLINE:
More than two dozen historic prints that depict a slice of Native American life and culture on the Upper Missouri River nearly 200 years ago will soon be more accessible to the public thanks to a gift that enabled a North Dakota organization to buy the rare aquatints.
The State Historical Society of North Dakota on Wednesday presented four of the 26 aquatints reproduced from 1839 to 1843 from works done by Swiss-born artist Karl Bodmer. He made the artwork during his journey from 1832 to 1834 with Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied across the U.S., as far west as present-day Montana.
The Historical Society is reviewing the prints, which for some time had been stored at a San Francisco arthouse, and will develop a plan to exhibit the images, State Historical Society spokeswoman Kara Haff, said.
The aquatints are notable in part because they are more vibrant than most historic black and white imagery, State Historical Society Director Bill Peterson said.
“It’s not incredibly often that we get a chance to look at the richness of the color and the vibrancy and what the paintings represent and what the art represents," Peterson said.
Bodmer used ink and pencil for sketching but also used watercolors, Borlaug said.
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