George Caleb Bingham
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 146 years ago |
| Date of birth | March 20,1811 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Born | Augusta County |
| Virginia | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | July 7,1879 |
| Died | Kansas City |
| Missouri | |
| United States | |
| Periods | American Realism |
| Realism | |
| Neoclassicism | |
| Hudson River School | |
| Luminism | |
| Job | Politician |
| Painter | |
| Visual Artist | |
| Books | George Caleb Bingham: Missouri's Famed Painter and Forgotten Politician |
| But I Forget that I Am a Painter and Not a Politician: The Letters of George Caleb Bingham | |
| The Paintings of George Caleb Bingham: A Catalogue Raisonné | |
| Period by artworks | American Realism |
| Realism | |
| Luminism | |
| Neoclassicism | |
| Hudson River School | |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts |
| Place of burial | Union Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri, United States |
| Known for | Painting |
| Works | The Jolly Flatboatmen |
| The County Election | |
| Order No. 11 | |
| On view | Saint Louis Art Museum |
| Detroit Institute of Arts | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 503718 |
George Caleb Bingham Life story
George Caleb Bingham was an American artist, soldier and politician known in his lifetime as "the Missouri Artist". Initially a Whig, he was elected as a delegate to the Missouri legislature before the American Civil War where he fought against the extension of slavery westward.
