This self-guided interactive tour includes expert commentary and multimedia materials for the Saint Louis Art Museum’s Navigating the West: George Caleb Bingham and the River. Exhibition curators discuss Bingham’s evolving technique and provide historical context for the vivid slices of life on the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers depicted in his work.
Navigating the West: George Caleb Bingham and the River was co-organized by the Saint Louis Art Museum and the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. The duration of the tour is about one hour.