George Caleb Bingham

1811–1879 · Realism

George Caleb Bingham is recognized as one of the most important American artists of the 19th century. Known in his lifetime as “the Missouri artist,” he is distinguished among the first generation of painters of the early American West for classic narrative scenes drawn from his observation and experience.

37 paintings

• Mississippi Fisherman (c. 1850)
• Landscape; rural scene (1845)
• The Storm
• The Jolly Flatboatman (1877)
• View of Pike's Peak (1872)
• Landscape with Fisherman
• Boatmen on the Missouri (1846)
• Country Politician (1849)
• A View of a Lake in the Mountains (1856)
• Rachel Spears Johnston (1786-1850) (1837)
• Captain William Johnston (1776-1850) (1850)
• John Quincy Adams (1850)
• Lighter Relieving a Steamboat Aground (1847)
• Shooting for the Beef (1850)
• The Verdict of the People (1854)
• Fur Traders Descending the Missouri (1845)
• John Quincy Adams (1850)
• Captured by Indians (1848)
• General Richard Gentry (1837)
• Jolly Flatboatmen in Port (1857)
• Judge Henry Lewis (1838)
• Landscape with Cattle (1846)
• Mrs. Henry Lewis (Elizabeth Morton Woodson) (1838)
• Raftsmen Playing Cards (1847)
• Self Portrait (1834)
• Stump Speaking (1853)
• The Belated Wayfarers (1856)
• The County Election (1852)
• The Dull Story (1843)
• The Student (Dr. Oscar Fitzland Potter) (1848)
• The Wood-Boat (1850)
• Landscape with Waterwheel and Boy Fishing (1853)
• Canvassing for a Vote (1852)
• Self-Portrait (1877)
• Mississippi Boatman (1850)
• Cottage Scenery (1845)
• The Jolly Flatboatmen (1846)