George Caleb Bingham

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George Caleb Bingham was a 19th-century American painter best known for his iconic depictions of frontier life and river scenes along the Missouri River.


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instanceOf American Romantic painter
artist
human
painter
politician
burialPlace Union Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri, United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1811-03-20
dateOfDeath 1879-07-07
educatedAt self-taught as an artist
familyName Bingham
fieldOfWork frontier life scenes
political scenes
river scenes
fullName George Caleb Bingham
genre genre painting
history painting
portrait painting
givenName Caleb
George
knownFor depictions of life along the Missouri River
paintings of American frontier life
paintings of political campaigning and elections
movement American Realism
Hudson River School
Luminism
notableWork Boatmen on the Missouri
Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers through the Cumberland Gap
Fur Traders Descending the Missouri
Stump Speaking
The County Election
The Jolly Flatboatmen
The Jolly Flatboatmen in Port
Verdict of the People
occupation painter
politician
public official
placeOfBirth Augusta County, Virginia, United States
placeOfDeath Kansas City, Missouri, United States
positionHeld Adjutant General of Missouri
Missouri State Treasurer
Missouri state legislator
professor of art at the University of Missouri
religion Presbyterianism
residence Arrow Rock, Missouri, United States
Missouri, United States
spouse Eliza Thomas
Martha Lykins
Sarah Elizabeth Hutchison
workLocation Missouri, United States
St. Louis, Missouri, United States

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