George Caleb Bingham, Fur trader study, for Fur Traders Descending the Missouri
(1845) and the second later version, Trappers’ Return (1851), brush,
black ink and wash over pencil on off-white wove paper, 11-1/2″ x 9-1/2″
(March 20, 1811 – July 7, 1879)
George Caleb Bingham, 1845, Oil on canvas, 29 in × 36.5 in
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George Caleb Bingham (March 20, 1811 – July 7, 1879) was an American artist, soldier and politician known in his lifetime as "the Missouri Artist".[1] Initially a Whig, he was elected as a delegate to the Missouri legislature before the American Civil War
where he fought the extension of slavery westward. During that war,
although born in Virginia, Bingham was dedicated to the Union cause and
became captain of a volunteer company which helped keep the state from
joining the Confederacy, and then served four years as Missouri's
Treasurer. During his final years, Bingham held several offices in Kansas City, while also serving as Missouri's Adjutant General.[2] His paintings of American frontier life along the Missouri River exemplify the Luminist style.
George Caleb Bingham
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