Mississippi Boatman
1850 · oil paint
overall: 61.3 x 43.7 cm (24 1/8 x 17 3/16 in.)
framed: 78.11 × 60.33 × 8.89 cm (30 3/4 × 23 3/4 × 3 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art
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George Caleb Bingham
American, 1811–1877
WA-00056831
Augusta County, VA, United States
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None documented
7
Institutional Exhibitions
5
Works in Collection
33
Assets Indexed
3
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0
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70%
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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The Natural Paradise: Painting in America 1800�1950
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1976
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American Battle Painting 1776�1918
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1944
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Romantic Painting in America
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1943–1944
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Americans 1943: Realists and Magic-Realists
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1943
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Three Centuries of American Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1938
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American Art Portfolio
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1936
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George Caleb Bingham, the Missouri Artist, 1811�1879
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1935
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3 cross-verified · 0 single-source
- Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
- Birth yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
- NationalityDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
Source Registry (1)
- AicTier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%
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Artworks (5)
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5 published of 31 catalogued · 31 with image
- Nga4 published4 img
- Art Institute Chicago1 published1 img
- + 1 more source · 26 catalogued, not yet published
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19 entries · 1 sources
- 1845 · Nga · 5 provWikidata·titleWikidata·mediumWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
- 1846 · Nga · 5 provWikidata·titleWikidata·mediumWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
- 1850 · Nga · 5 provWikidata·titleWikidata·mediumWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
- 1811 · Nga · 4 provWikidata·titleWikidata·mediumWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
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Art Institute of Chicago
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