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... Wikipedia
Born: March 20, 1811, Augusta County, VA
Died: July 7, 1879 (age 68 years), Kansas City, MO
Periods: Hudson River School and Luminism
Descendants: Clara Flournoy King and Isaac Newton Bingham
Place of burial: Union Cemetery, Kansas City, MO
Partner: Sarah Elizabeth Hutchinson, Martha Ann Livingston, and Elizabeth K. Bingham
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