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Bingham@200
Friday July 8, 2011 from 10:00am - 9:00pm
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak St
Kansas City, Missouri 64111 Get Directions
George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879), whose bicentennial we celebrate this year, used drawing as a foundation of his art throughout his career. The drawings that have survived--of single figures or details of them--relate to his popular paintings of everyday life and politics in Missouri. Exactly how Bingham used his drawings, however, remains a mystery. The drawings on view are a selection from more than 100 sheets originally owned by John How, an early St. Louis mayor. How gave the drawings to the St. Louis Mercantile Library in 1868, where they remained until 1974, when the library decided to sell them. Citizens across the state raised the necessary funds to allow the drawings to be held in trust for the People of Missouri. Today, the drawings reside at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Saint Louis Art Museum.

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