The County Election
by Eric Glaser
Title
The County Election
Artist
Eric Glaser
Medium
Photograph - Painting
Description
The County Election - 1872
George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879)
George Caleb Bingham's The County Election, depicting a Missouri election day.
In that time and place, only white male property-owners could vote, and candidates and their representatives could solicit votes immediately before the voting. Alcohol flowed freely, and votes were cast by voice and recorded in public.
George Caleb Bingham (March 20, 1811 - July 7, 1879) was an American artist whose paintings of American life in the frontier lands along the Missouri River exemplify the Luminist style. Left to languish in obscurity, Bingham's work was rediscovered in the 1930s. By the time of his bicentennial in 2011, he was considered one of the greatest American painters of the 19th century. That year the George Caleb Bingham Catalogue Raisonn - Supplement Of Paintings & Drawings - directed and edited by Bingham scholar Fred R. Kline - announced the authentication of ten recently discovered paintings by Bingham. As of June 2015, a total of twenty-three (23) newly discovered paintings by Bingham have been authenticated and are listed with the GCBCRS. (from Wikipedia)
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April 16th, 2016
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