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George Caleb Bingham

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Missouri, Jackson County, Kansas City


Famous Painter & Portrait Artist
Internationally Known
State Treasurer
State Adjutant General
President, Kansas City, Mo. Police Board

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Eminently gifted, almost unaided he won such distinction in his profession
that he was known as the "Missouri Artist."

He served the people of Missouri in her legislative councils; was State Treasurer during the Civil War; was Adjutant General of Missouri, the duties of which offices he discharged with advantage to the people and credit to himself.

He was chosen "Professor of Art" in the University of the State of Missouri,
in which position he died honored and lamented by all.

(Arts, Letters, Music • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Politics • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

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