George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879) George Caleb Bingham was Born in Virginia, Bingham's family moved to Missouri when he was eight years old.
His work depicts American life in the frontier lands along the Missouri River.
He was a professor of art at the University of Missouri.
Boatmen on the Missouri, 1846
oil on canvas
25 x 30 (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd to The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 1979.7.15