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Thomas Hart Benton was an American painter and muralist, and one of the central figures associated with the Regionalist art movement of the 1930s. Together with John Steuart Curry and Grant Wood, he championed realist modern art that depicted rural scenes in the American South and Midwest.
- American
- April 15, 1889
- Neosho, Missouri, United States
- January 19, 1975
Missouri native Thomas Hart Benton painted America Today to adorn a boardroom on the third floor of the New School for Social Research, a center of progressive thought and education in Greenwich Village, New York. The mural was commissioned in 1930 by the New School's director Alvin Johnson.
ARTS & CULTURE. The Story Behind Thomas Hart Benton’s Incredible Masterwork. The famed artist drew on his extensive travels to paint “America Today” Paul Theroux. December 2014. In his...
America Today is a mural comprising ten canvas panels, painted with egg tempera in 1930–1931 by the American painter Thomas Hart Benton. It provides a panorama of American life throughout the 1920s, based on Benton's extensive travels in the country.
Missouri native Thomas Hart Benton (1889–1975) painted America Today to adorn a boardroom on the third floor of the New School for Social Research, a center of progressive thought and education in Greenwich Village. The mural was commissioned in 1930 by the New School’s director Alvin Johnson.
Thomas Hart Benton was one of America's most popular and heavily patronized modern artists during the decades leading up to World War II, and his murals were especially acclaimed. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry , Benton gained artistic fame as a Regionalist painter, depicting the people and culture of the American Midwest, in ...
Thomas Hart Benton worked until his last moment, returning to his canvas after dinner to sign his last mural, The Sources of Country Music. He collapsed in his studio. Discover Benton's Artwork
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