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George Caleb Bingham [electronic resource] : Missouri's famed painter and forgotten politician / Paul C. Nagel.

By: Nagel, Paul C.
Contributor(s): Bingham, George Caleb, 1811-1879 | ebrary, Inc.
Series: Missouri heritage readers: Publisher: Columbia [Mo.] : University of Missouri Press, c2005Description: xviii, 161 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Bingham, George Caleb, 1811-1879 | Painters -- Missouri -- Biography | Politicians -- Missouri -- BiographyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 759.13 | B Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
A Virginia boy goes west -- Learning to paint -- On the road -- Painting or politics? -- The business of art -- An angry statesman -- Final frustrations.
Summary: "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.
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759.13 B (Browse shelf) Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155) and index.

A Virginia boy goes west -- Learning to paint -- On the road -- Painting or politics? -- The business of art -- An angry statesman -- Final frustrations.

"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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.