INDIANAPOLIS – As the nation observes Black History Month, the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art is proud to unveil a significant painting it acquired, For Freedom by Dean Mitchell, a renowned watercolor artist who is African American and known for Western themes in his art.
The painting depicts a Black soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War, standing at attention with his rifle and gazing resolutely forward. Mitchell painted For Freedom in 2020, and the model for the watercolor was a Civil War re-enactor at Fort Scott, Kansas, which is an important historic site in African American Civil War history.
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