George Caleb Bingham
American artist (1811-1879) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 68
George Caleb Bingham is recognized as one of the most important American artists of the 19th century. Known in his lifetime as “the Missouri artist,” he is distinguished among the first generation of painters of the early American West for classic narrative scenes drawn from his observation and experience.
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Boatmen on the Missouri, 1846, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Jolly Flatboatmen, 1846
His first wife, Sarah, and eldest son, Newton, who died when 4 years old. (George Caleb Bingham, ca 1841)
General Ewing's Order No. 11 of 1863 (painted 1868)
Fur Traders Descending the Missouri, c. 1845
The County Election, 1852
Stump Speaking, 1853-54
