Fur Traders Descending the Missouri

George Caleb Bingham 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.

Fur Traders Descending the Missouri by George Caleb Bingham (1845) is currently displayed at Metropolitan Museum of Art.