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| − | '''George Caleb Bingham''' (1811-1879) was an [[American Painting|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 Painting Gallery|genre]], [[landscape]], and [[Historical Painting|history painting]] but [[Portraiture]] was by far George’s most prolific artistic genre. His paintings rank among the nation’s greatest art treasures. [http://www.georgecalebbingham.org/bio.htm] | + | '''George Caleb Bingham''' (1811-1879) was an [[American Painting|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 Painting Gallery|genre]], [[landscape]], and [[Historical Painting|history painting]] but [[Portraiture]] was by far George’s most prolific artistic genre. His paintings rank among the nation’s greatest art treasures. |
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| + | Bingham’s paintings from 1845-55—the decade of his best work—generally relate to life and commerce along the [[Mississippi]] and [[Missouri]] rivers, and to the American scene involving the people of Missouri in and around St. Louis, Columbia, Jefferson City, Arrow Rock, Boonville, and Kansas City. [http://www.georgecalebbingham.org/bio.htm] | ||
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| − | [[File:George Caleb Bingham Lighter Relieving the Steamboat Aground 1847.jpg|thumb|center|440px| | + | [[File:George Caleb Bingham Lighter Relieving the Steamboat Aground 1847.jpg|thumb|center|440px|Lighter Relieving the Steamboat Aground, 1847, at [[The White House]].]] |
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| + | [[File:George Caleb Bingham, Fur Traders Descending the Missouri, ca. 1845.jpg|thumb|center|400px|Fur Traders Descending the Missouri, ca. 1845.]] | ||
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Revision as of 20:44, April 21, 2014
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.
Bingham’s paintings from 1845-55—the decade of his best work—generally relate to life and commerce along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, and to the American scene involving the people of Missouri in and around St. Louis, Columbia, Jefferson City, Arrow Rock, Boonville, and Kansas City. [1]
Lighter Relieving the Steamboat Aground, 1847, at The White House.
