E. A. Burbank, a great Indian painter whose work surpasses even that of Frederick Remington, has agreed to give to the 1906 Artemisia staff several typical drawings of the Washoe and Piute Indians in color for the coming annual.? Mr. Burbank is at present sojourning in Carson where he is engaged in making a profound study of the American Indian from an ethnological as well as an artistic standpoint.? Mr. Burbank never has any of his pictures for sale nor does he ever place them on exhibition.

E. A. Ayer (sic - should be E. E. Ayer), a millionaire uncle of the painter, is assisting Mr. Burbank a financial way, and his work will not be completed until all the native races have been studied and portrayed on canvas. Before visiting Nevada Mr. Burbank spent considerable time among the Indian tribes in this western section of this country, such as the Apache, Commanche, Cheyenne, Crow, Nez Perces, Pueblo, Navajo and other tribes. Among the faces that he sketched was that of Geronimo, the famous Indian chieftain.

Mr. Burbank will spend some time in this state sketching the Piutes and the Washoes as making thorough investigation of their ways and their surroundings. ?As a painter of the American Indian Mr. Burbank has no equal in the world, and in this respect he is greater than Frederick Remington, as he centralizes his entire efforts and his genius upon the noble red men.

1906-03-21
Nevada State Journal
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