George Caleb Bingham: Frontier Artist, Missouri Politician
Jan 2017 · Truman State University Press
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About this ebook
As a child, George Caleb Bingham dreamed of becoming a painter. He taught himself to paint and learned from other artists when he could. George painted everyday people doing everyday things, like people working on the river or voting in an election. George also had a passion for politics and he became a state legislator in 1848. After the Civil War, George left his political career and became the first professor of art at the University of Missouri. George Caleb Bingham’s paintings are a visual history of the wild frontier of a young America. George’s scenes are still popular because they show the beginning of a new nation, full of life and possibilities
About the author
Greg Olson has an MA in history from University of Missouri, Columbia, and an MFA in art from University of South Dakota. He is curator of Special Exhibits and Special Projects at the Missouri State Archives, and author of The Ioway in Missouri and Noble Savages, Voodoo Priests and Ozark Gypsies: The Life of Folklorist Mary Alicia Owen, and several articles on Missouri history.
John Hare is an illustrator, graphic designer and artist. He lives in Gladstone, Missouri.
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