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Peter Rindisbacher (1806-1834)

Peter Rindisbacher (1806-1834) is a Manitoba Heritage Council commemoration in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Manitoba · 300 Memorial Boulevard, Winnipeg · location approximate

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This young Swiss immigrant arrived at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers with his family in 1821. Rindisbacher was the first European to portray, in paintings of remarkable detail, the peoples and cultures of the early nineteenth-century Selkirk Settlement. His 140 known scenes of life in early Manitoba have become invaluable historical and ethnological records of both Aboriginal culture and the fur trade. As word of his artistic skill spread, he received commissions from numerous influential patrons, including officials of the Hudson’s Bay Company. After the disastrous flood of 1826, the Rindisbacher family moved to the United States. The artist’s promising career was cut short by his sudden death at the age of 28 in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Ce jeune immigrant suisse arrive au confluent des rivières Rouge et Assiniboine avec sa famille en 1821. Peter Rindisbacher est le premier Européen à représenter, dans des tableaux aux détails remarquables, les peuples et les cultures de la colonie de Selkirk au début du 19e siècle. Les 140 scènes de la vie au Manitoba qu’on lui connaît sont devenues des documents historiques et des archives ethnologiques d’une valeur inestimable sur la culture autochtone et sur la traite des fourrures. Au fur et à mesure que son talent est reconnu, il reçoit des commandes de nombreux mécènes influents, dont les représentants de la Compagnie de la Baie d’Hudson. Après les inondations dévastatrices de 1826, la famille Rindisbacher déménage aux États-Unis. La carrière prometteuse de l’artiste est abrégée par son décès subit à l’âge de 28 ans à St. Louis au Missouri.

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Plaque text and location: Manitoba Heritage Council Commemorative Plaques, Historic Resources Branch, Government of Manitoba, as the Branch publishes them on its plaque pages. The text is the Manitoba Heritage Council’s text as the Branch publishes it; the pin on this page is ours, worked out from the location the Branch gives and marked approximate. Contains information from the Government of Manitoba, licensed under the OpenMB Information and Data Use License (Manitoba.ca/OpenMB)
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