George Caleb Bingham
Subtitle: Missouri's Famed Painter And Forgotten Politician (Missouri Heritage Readers)
Publisher: University of Missouri Press; University of Missouri
Published: April 29, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 161
ISBN-13: 9780826215741
Subjects: History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Individual artists; Painting & paintings; Painters; Biography / Autobiography; Bingham, George Caleb,; Politicians; Biography & Autobiography; Missouri; Biography/Autobiography; Individual Artist; Artists, Architects, Photographers; Political; 1811-1879; Biography
First sentence: George Caleb Bingham was more ambitious than most humans.
Description: "Paul Nagel's biography of nineteenth-century American painter and statesman George Caleb Bingham assesses Bingham's artistic achievements and his service as a political leader in Missouri during Reconstruction. Illustrations include both well-known and rarely seen works by Bingham"--Provided by publisher.