biography
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Bingham, George Caleb
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1811–79)
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| biography:
| Painter, born in Augusta Co, Virginia, USA. His family moved to Missouri (1819), and he began painting scenes from his surrounding frontier life, such as The Fur Traders Descending the Missouri (1845) and The Trappers Return (1851). He was often involved in politics, and his painting, The County Election (1851–2) is one of many works reflecting this interest. After studying at Düsseldorf (1856–9), he became an art professor at the University of Missouri (1877) but from then on the quality of his work declined. |
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