What is George Caleb Bingham?
{{Infobox artist | name = George Caleb Bingham | image = George Caleb Bingham - Self-Portrait of the Artist.jpg | image_size = | caption = A [[self-portrait]] by George Caleb Bingham, painted 1834-35 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1811|3|20|}} | birth_place = [[Augusta County, Virginia]], [[U.S.]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1879|7|7|1811|3|20|}} | death_place = | nationality = American | field = Painting | training = [Self taught by study of prints of Old Masters and copybooks] | movement = [[Luminism (American art style)|Luminism]] | works = | patrons = | awards = }} '''George Caleb Bingham''' (March 20, 1811 &ndash; July 7, 1879) was an [[Americans|American]] [[artist]]. His paintings of American life in the frontier lands along the [[Missouri River]] are good examples of the [[Luminism (American art style)|Luminist]] style. Bingham was little-known in his time. His work was rediscovered in the 1930s. By 2011, he was considered one of the greatest American painters of the 19th century. ==Related pages== *[[Düsseldorf school of painting]] *[[List of American painters]] ==References== * [http://shs.umsystem.edu/historicmissourians/name/b/bingham/ George Caleb Bingham] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617070447/http://shs.umsystem.edu/historicmissourians/name/b/bingham/ |date=2015-06-17 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bingham, George Caleb}} [[Category:American painters]] [[Category:People from Missouri]] [[Category:People from Virginia]] [[Category:1811 births]] [[Category:1879 deaths]] {{US-bio-stub}}