Bingham, George Caleb

1811 - Born on the 20th of March in Augusta County, Virginia.

1823 - Mary Bingham opened a school for girls and George, worked as school janitor.

1827 - At age sixteen, George apprenticed with cabinetmaker Jesse Green.

1830 - George was painting portrait for $20.00 a piece.

1836 - Married Sarah Elizabeth Hutchison.

1838 - George was already beginning to make a name for himself as a portait artist in St. Louis

1845 - Painted the "Fur traders on Missouri River".

1848 - George was elected to the Missouri General Assembly.

1851-1852 - He painted "Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers through the Cumberland Gap", oil on canvas.

1856-1859 - Bingham studied art with the members of the Düsseldorf School in Düsseldorf, Germany.

1874 - President of the Board of Police Commissioners for Kansas City, Missouri.

Became the Professor of art at the University of Missouri-Columbia.