Stories Behind the Portraits: James Sidney Rollins

James Sidney Rollins was George Caleb Bingham‘s “warmest personal friend.”  This re-discovered Bingham portrait descended in the Rollins family to a great-granddaughter who had always been told it was the work of an unknown artist.  She wanted the people of Missouri to have it.  When the painting arrived in the Midwest, I immediately recognized the artist as George Caleb Bingham.  Other experts and …

Recto and Verso: Mary Elizabeth Hickman Rollins

Recto – George Caleb Bingham Mary Elizabeth Hickman was born in Franklin, Missouri, on October 10, 1820, the middle child of the three children of James E. Hickman and Sophia Woodson Hickman. The Bingham family arrived in Franklin from Virginia shortly before her birth. James Hickman and George Caleb Bingham’s father, Henry Vest Bingham, invested in some of the same …

Stories Behind the Portraits: Sallie Rodes Rollins

In 1845, Dr. Anthony Wayne Rollins established a scholarship for young people from Boone County, Missouri, both men and women. What would cause a man of the 19th century to include such a stipulation in his will?  How could his perception of women have been so far ahead of his time? Could his wife, Sallie Rodes Rollins, be responsible? Sarah Harris Rodes, who …

Bingham – Paintings by State

George Caleb Bingham American ArtistPlease Note: By choice, Fine Art Investigations is not associated in any way with the Bingham Online Catalogue Raisonné nor its sponsor, the Riverbank Foundation.George Caleb Bingham Paintings in Museums By State To return to the main listing of public paintings, click hereCALIFORNIAMuseumTitleSan Marino – Huntington LibraryIn a Quandry or Mississippi Raftsmen at Cards, 1851Los Angeles …

Bingham – Paintings

George Caleb Bingham American ArtistPlease Note: By choice, Fine Art Investigations is not associated in any way with the Bingham Online Catalogue Raisonné nor its sponsor, the Riverbank Foundation.Paintings George Caleb Bingham Paintings can be seen in museums throughout the United States. Here are listings of where to see the artist’s portraits, landscapes, and genre paintings (scenes of every day …

Bingham – Portraits: Rediscovered

George Caleb Bingham American ArtistPlease Note: By choice, Fine Art Investigations is not associated in any way with the Bingham Online Catalogue Raisonné nor its sponsor, the Riverbank Foundation.Rediscovered Portraits More than 40 possible new Bingham portraits have been brought to the attention of Fine Art Investigations. Bingham’s name so dominated portraiture at the heart of the nation that memory of other artists was nearly …