Who painted “Fur Traders Descending the Missouri”?

“Fur Traders Descending the Missouri” was painted by George Caleb Bingham in 1845. Where to see it: Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Realism: Academic art paints the same skill on idealised subjects; Impressionism keeps the modern subjects but breaks the paint into light, quick strokes.

George Caleb Bingham (March 20, 1811 – July 7, 1879) is recognized as one of the most important American artists of the 19th century. Known in his lifetime as “the Missouri artist,” he is distinguished among the first generation of painters of the early American West for classic narrative scenes drawn from his observation and experience. Wikipedia

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“The Verdict of the People”, 1854
“John Quincy Adams”, 1850
“Boatmen on the Missouri”, 1846
“Landscape with Cattle”, 1846
“Mrs. Henry Lewis (Elizabeth Morton Woodson)”, 1838
“Raftsmen Playing Cards”, 1847
“Self Portrait”, 1834
“Stump Speaking”, 1853