George Caleb Bingham

George Caleb Bingham (March 20, 1811 – July 7, 1879) was an American artist, soldier and politician known in his lifetime as "the Missouri Artist". Initially a Whig, he was elected as a delegate to the Missouri legislature previously the American Civil War where he fought against the further details of slavery westward. During that war, although born in Virginia, Bingham was dedicated to the Union cause and became captain of a volunteer company which helped keep the welcome from joining the Confederacy, and later served four years as Missouri's Treasurer. During his fixed years, Bingham held several offices in Kansas City, while moreover serving as Missouri's Adjutant General. His paintings of American frontier animatronics along the Missouri River exemplify the Luminist style.