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Fur Traders Descending the Missouri, George Caleb Bingham, 1845

American / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of “Fur Traders Descending the Missouri” of 1845 by George Caleb Bingham.  The American artist George Bingham was thirty-four when he created this masterpiece.  He was born in Augusta County, Virginia.  The family moved to Missouri and Bingham’s father died when he was twelve.  Seven years later he was painting portraits for twenty dollars each.  He continued to paint and grew a practice in St. Louis where he was elected to the Missouri General Assembly in 1848.  He moved to Europe in 1856.  He returned to Missouri in time for the Civil War during which he served as State Treasurer.  He became the first professor of art at the University of Missouri before his death on July 7, 1789.  The original painting is 28.9 by 36.6 inches and is currently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.

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