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George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879) was an American painter whose artworks of American life along the Missouri River exemplify the Luminist style. Artist of Missouri and the American Frontier, Bingham is best known for his genre scenes. His artworks include portrait, genre, landscape, and history painting but Portraiture was by far George’s most prolific artistic genre. His paintings rank among the nation’s greatest art treasures. [1]
George Caleb Bingham, Lighter Relieving the Steamboat Aground, 1847, at The White House.