George Caleb Bingham

Background

Bingham, George Caleb was born on March 20, 1811 in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. Son of Henry and Mary (Amend) Bingham.

Education

Attended Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, 1837.

Career

Opened studio, Missouri, circa 1834, lived most of life in Missouri. Had studios in Jefferson City, Saint Louis, Kansas City (all Missouri) at various times. Lived in Washington, District of Columbia, 1840-1844.

Known especially for portraits and paintings depicting political events.

Member Missouri Legislature (Whig), 1848. In Europe, 1856-1858.

Treasurer State of Missouri, 1862-1865, adjutant general, 1875. Noteworthy paintings include: Emigration of Daniel Boone, 1851.

Verdict of the People, 1854.

General Lyon and General Blair Starting for Camp Jackson, 1862.

Achievements

• George Caleb Bingham has been listed as a notable painter by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Dr. John Sappington

  • Country Politician

  • The Wood-boat

  • Portrait of Vinnie Ream (1846-1914)

  • The Checker Players

  • The Jolly Flatboatmen

  • Cottage Scenery

  • The Verdict of the People

  • Washington Crossing the Delaware

  • Judge Henry Lewis

  • Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers Through the Cumberland Gap

  • Self-Portrait

  • Raftsmen Playing Cards

  • General Order No. 11

  • Portrait of Vinnie Ream

  • The Squatters

  • Mississippi Boatman

  • General Richard Gentry

  • Jane Breathitt Sappington

  • The Storm

  • Fiddler (study for the Jolly Flatboatmen)

  • Lighter Relieving a Steamboat Aground

  • Portrait of Lewis Allen Dicken (l.a.d.)

  • View of Pike's Peak

  • Jolly Flatboatmen in Port

  • Horse Thief

  • Canvassing for a Vote

  • The Trappers' Return

  • Stump Speaking

  • In a Quandary, Or Mississippi Raftsmen at Cards

  • Mrs George Caleb Bingham (Sarah Elizabeth Hutchison) and Son, Newton

  • Miss Sallie Ann Camden

  • A View of a Lake in the Mountains

  • John Quincy Adams

  • Landscape with Fisherman

  • Samuel Bullitt Churchill

  • Rural Scene

  • Dr. Oscar Fitzland Potter

  • Shooting for the Beef

  • Boatmen on the Missouri

  • The County Election

  • Mrs. David Steele Lamme and Son, William Wirt

  • Landscape with Waterwheel and Boy Fishing

  • Fur Traders Descending the Missouri

  • Major James Sidney Rollins

  • Mrs. Henry Lewis (Elizabeth Morton Woodson)

Membership

Member Missouri Legislature (Whig), 1848.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Hutchison, 1836. Married second, Eliza Thomas, 1847.

Father:

Henry Bingham

Mother:

Mary (Amend) Bingham

Spouse:

Elizabeth Hutchison

Spouse:

Eliza Thomas

References

• George Caleb Bingham: The Missouri Artist
• George Caleb Bingham: Missouri's Famed Painter and Forgotten Poilitician
• George Caleb Bingham: River Portraitist