Incredible portraits of Native Americans from up to 120 years ago have been brought to life in a series of colorized pictures.
The stunning series of images include Iron White Man from the Sioux tribe — who traveled with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show wearing the police uniform he would have performed in — and a Native American on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Western Montana clutching a rifle. Contrasting spectacular pictures show Plain Owl of the Crow tribe wearing a traditional dress and holding a tomahawk in his lap.
The amazing pictures were colorized by French artist Frédéric Duriez from Angres, Pas de Calais.
“I see that there is a lot of humanity and quietness in the Native Americans’ faces, in their attitude there is a spirit of freedom,” he said. “I think that they look fantastic, they are very proud people.”
“When I colourize, I look at people’s faces and I research the fashion period, in fact, I imagine myself painting a picture.” Frédéric added.
The stunning series of images include Iron White Man from the Sioux tribe — who traveled with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show wearing the police uniform he would have performed in — and a Native American on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Western Montana clutching a rifle. Contrasting spectacular pictures show Plain Owl of the Crow tribe wearing a traditional dress and holding a tomahawk in his lap.
The amazing pictures were colorized by French artist Frédéric Duriez from Angres, Pas de Calais.
“I see that there is a lot of humanity and quietness in the Native Americans’ faces, in their attitude there is a spirit of freedom,” he said. “I think that they look fantastic, they are very proud people.”
“When I colourize, I look at people’s faces and I research the fashion period, in fact, I imagine myself painting a picture.” Frédéric added.
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| Peter Tall Mandan, Grandson of Long Mandan of the Sioux tribe in 1905. |
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| Porrum and Pedro, a pair of Ute men wear brightly colored dress in a picture from 1899. |
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| Rose Bompard Bird, of the Crow tribe, looks directly at the painter in a early 1900s red and green ankle-length dress. |
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| Salish of Flathead Indian Reservation poses with a weapon in Western Montana in 1907. |
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| A Native American from the Blackfeet tribe, that lived in Idaho and Montana. |
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| Wiwi-Yokpa, or Mary Elmanico, a member of the Passamaquoddy tribe, sits draped in a pale pink flowery shawl, in 1913. |
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| Sioux tribesman Iron White Man, who traveled with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. |
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| Thunder Cloud of the Blackfeet tribe. |
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| Sitting Eagle, of the Crow tribe, sports a feather neck brace and a fiery orange headdress in the 1900s. |
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| Ke-Wa-Ko, otherwise known as Good Fox from the Pawnee tribe snapped in 1902. |
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| Wearing a highly detailed white jacket, Plain Owl from the Crow tribe poses for the camera in 1910. |
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| Yellow Feather from the Maricopa tribe wears a highly elaborate headdress. |
