Thomas Hart Benton
1889–1975
Introduction
Thomas Hart Benton (April 15, 1889 – January 19, 1975) was an American painter, muralist, and printmaker. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement. The fluid, sculpted figures in his paintings showed everyday people in scenes of life in the United States.
His work is strongly associated with the Midwestern United States, the region in which he was born and which he called home for most of his life. He also studied in Paris, lived in New York City for more than 20 years and painted scores of works there, summered for 50 years on Martha's Vineyard off the New England coast, and also painted scenes of the American South and West.
Wikidata identifier
Q471764
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Introduction
Benton was educated at the Art Institute of Chicago and at the Académie Julian in Paris. While in Paris he met artists such as Diego Rivera and Stanford Macdonald-Wright, who influenced his sensibilities. Benton moved to New York City ca. 1912 where he began exhibiting his works (then reminiscent of Synchromism), and fell under the influence of Marxism. In the early 1920s, his work began exploring American narrative themes utilizing highly stylized figurations and backgrounds. By the 30s, Benton was considered a Regionalist, and had been commissioned to paint the first of many murals, which spawned controversy because of their politics. Benton left New York City in 1935 and continued to paint socially conscious murals until the 1960s. American artist, born Mo. Comment on works: religious, allegory, genre
Country of birth
United States
Roles
Artist, cartoonist, designer, engraver, grisaillist, illustrator, lecturer, lithographer, muralist, painter, sculptor, theatrical painter
ULAN identifier
500005998
Names
Thomas Hart Benton, Benton, Tom Benton
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32 works
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Fisherman's Camp #2
1968 -
Poker Night (from A Streetcar Named Desire)
1948 -
The Corral
1948 -
White Calf
1945 -
Island Hay
1945 -
Autumn
1940–1941 -
Shallow Creek
1939 -
Prodigal Son
1939 -
Planting
1939 -
I Got a Gal on Sourwood Mountain
1938 -
In the Ozarks
1938 -
Rainy Day
1938 -
Lonesome Road
1938 -
Investigation
1937 -
Mine Strike
1933 -
City Building
1930 -
The South, Rice Threshing
1930 -
Dancer
1930 -
The Fall
c. 1929 -
Portrait of a Cowboy
1929 -
Sawing the Log
c. 1929 -
Blast Furnace, Number 1
1929 or 1930 -
Blast Furnace, Number 2
1929 or 1930 -
Coaling Station, West Virginia
1928 -
Dock Scene
1928 -
Logging Train
1928 -
Portrait of J. T. Morton
1928 -
Express Train
c. 1927 -
On view
Floor 7The Lord is my Shepherd
1926 -
Portrait of a Boy
1926–1930
32 works