George Caleb Bingham: river portraitist

Preface

Introduction

The background. The painter of western life ; Life and manners in the early west ; The boyhood of the artist

The record. First works, 1833-1837 ; First visit to Philadelphia and New York, 1838 ; Portraits, figure pieces, and a political banner, 1838-1840 ; Washington City and Petersburg, 1840-1844 ; Interlude: political banners, 1844 ; The first river pictures, 1845-1847 ; The stump orator, 1847 ; Life on the western rivers, 1848-1851 ; Daniel Boone

The political scene

Farewell to the art-union, 1851-1852 ; The political scene: county election, 1851-1854 ; The political scene: stump speaking and the verdict of the people, 1853-1869 ; Landscapes, with and without cattle, 1851-1864 ; The lure of the historical school, 1856 ; Paris, Düsseldorf, Missouri: historical portraits and local portraiture, 1856-1862 ; Civil War and martial law, 1861-1879 ; Last works

The achievement. Bingham's concept of art ; The contemporary reception of Bingham ; Bingham as portrait painter ; Bingham as landscape painter ; Bingham as historical painter ; Bingham as draftsman ; Bingham as genre painter ; The man and the painter

Paintings

Drawings

Appendices. Fragment of an autobiography

Art, the ideal of art, and the utility of art

Chronology

Checklist of works.