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1998 32c Four Centuries of American Art: George Caleb Bingham
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US #3236f
1998 George Caleb Bingham
- Shows detail from Boatmen on the Missouri
- From a pane featuring 20 art pieces produced by American artists
- Part of Classic Collection series
Stamp Category: Commemorative,
Set: Four Centuries of American Art
Value: 32¢, First Class Mail Rate
First Day of Issue: August 27, 1998
First Day City: Santa Clara, California
Quantity Issued: 4,000,000
Printed by: Sennett Security Products
Printing Method: Photogravure
Format: Pane of 20
Perforations: 10.2
Why the stamp was issued: This stamp is part of a pane highlighting 20 of the most important American works of art produced in the last 400 years.
About the stamp design: The stamps show details from 20 works. Howard Paine, a USPS art director, designed the layout for the pane. He consulted with an expert on American art in choosing which paintings to include. Paine arranged the art in chronological order.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue ceremony took place at the opening event of stampshow 98, which took place in Santa Clara, California.
About the Classic Collection series: The Classic Collections series began in 1994 with the Legends of the West issue. The idea originated from Carl Burcham, manager of stamp and product marketing for USPS at the time. Each Classic Collections set consists of a pane of 20 different semi-jumbo stamps with descriptive selvage at the top (header) and informational text on the back of each stamp beneath the gum. The stamps are “broadly defined, Americana-themed subjects.”
The series began six years earlier with the infamous Legends of the West sheet in 1994. Each sheet in the series would have the same unique 20-stamp format. Each would have broadly defined Americana themes, exceptional artwork, a banner printed on the selvage of the sheet, and descriptive text on the back of each stamp. Additionally, postal cards with matching artwork would be issued to coordinate with a few of the sheets.
In 1998, the sixth addition to the series honored four centuries of American Art. The text on the back of the pane reads, “The American artists represented here were born in diverse places around this country, as well as elsewhere. Some were self-taught, others were academically trained… These images … reflect some of the enduring themes in American visual arts: a concern with individuality in a democratic society, reverence for the variety of landscape across the continent, down-to-earth realism, and a recurring sense of optimism and energy.”
History the stamps represent: George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879), an artist noted for his paintings of Midwestern river life, was born in Virginia. When he was eight years old, Bingham and his family moved to Franklin, Missouri, where he grew up. Early in his career, the artist made a living as a traveling preacher and portrait painter. For three months, he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
After his brief stay in Pennsylvania, Bingham returned to Missouri in 1844 and entered politics. He continued to paint during this time, and critics contend the artist produced his best work during the next decade of his life. Bingham’s vivid account of the rough and lively political life of the frontier and social behavior of men on the river are his most memorable. His best-known river scene is Fur Traders Descending the Missouri, which he completed in 1845.
Bingham attendee the Düsseldorf Academy in Germany from 1856 to 1859. During that time, his paintings began to lose their ties to American life, and his popularity decreased. The artist became less active as a painter when he was appointed to a high political post in Missouri in 1875. Bingham spent the last two years of his life at the University of Missouri as an art instructor.
US #3236f
1998 George Caleb Bingham
- Shows detail from Boatmen on the Missouri
- From a pane featuring 20 art pieces produced by American artists
- Part of Classic Collection series
Stamp Category: Commemorative,
Set: Four Centuries of American Art
Value: 32¢, First Class Mail Rate
First Day of Issue: August 27, 1998
First Day City: Santa Clara, California
Quantity Issued: 4,000,000
Printed by: Sennett Security Products
Printing Method: Photogravure
Format: Pane of 20
Perforations: 10.2
Why the stamp was issued: This stamp is part of a pane highlighting 20 of the most important American works of art produced in the last 400 years.
About the stamp design: The stamps show details from 20 works. Howard Paine, a USPS art director, designed the layout for the pane. He consulted with an expert on American art in choosing which paintings to include. Paine arranged the art in chronological order.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue ceremony took place at the opening event of stampshow 98, which took place in Santa Clara, California.
About the Classic Collection series: The Classic Collections series began in 1994 with the Legends of the West issue. The idea originated from Carl Burcham, manager of stamp and product marketing for USPS at the time. Each Classic Collections set consists of a pane of 20 different semi-jumbo stamps with descriptive selvage at the top (header) and informational text on the back of each stamp beneath the gum. The stamps are “broadly defined, Americana-themed subjects.”
The series began six years earlier with the infamous Legends of the West sheet in 1994. Each sheet in the series would have the same unique 20-stamp format. Each would have broadly defined Americana themes, exceptional artwork, a banner printed on the selvage of the sheet, and descriptive text on the back of each stamp. Additionally, postal cards with matching artwork would be issued to coordinate with a few of the sheets.
In 1998, the sixth addition to the series honored four centuries of American Art. The text on the back of the pane reads, “The American artists represented here were born in diverse places around this country, as well as elsewhere. Some were self-taught, others were academically trained… These images … reflect some of the enduring themes in American visual arts: a concern with individuality in a democratic society, reverence for the variety of landscape across the continent, down-to-earth realism, and a recurring sense of optimism and energy.”
History the stamps represent: George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879), an artist noted for his paintings of Midwestern river life, was born in Virginia. When he was eight years old, Bingham and his family moved to Franklin, Missouri, where he grew up. Early in his career, the artist made a living as a traveling preacher and portrait painter. For three months, he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
After his brief stay in Pennsylvania, Bingham returned to Missouri in 1844 and entered politics. He continued to paint during this time, and critics contend the artist produced his best work during the next decade of his life. Bingham’s vivid account of the rough and lively political life of the frontier and social behavior of men on the river are his most memorable. His best-known river scene is Fur Traders Descending the Missouri, which he completed in 1845.
Bingham attendee the Düsseldorf Academy in Germany from 1856 to 1859. During that time, his paintings began to lose their ties to American life, and his popularity decreased. The artist became less active as a painter when he was appointed to a high political post in Missouri in 1875. Bingham spent the last two years of his life at the University of Missouri as an art instructor.
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