George Caleb Bingham Artist
George Caleb Bingham 1811-1879 was an American artist, soldier and politician known in his lifetime as "the Missouri Artist". In 1856, he traveled to Europe for an extensive tour with his second wife Eliza and youngest daughter. First they stayed in Paris for several months, where Bingham fulfilled a long-cherished desire and studied the Old Masters at the Louvre Museum, likely his chief reason for going abroad. They then went on to Düsseldorf, Germany, where they lived until 1859, taking part in the Düsseldorf school of painting.