Thomas Hart Benton Artist

For the U.S. Senator of the same name, see Thomas Hart Benton (politician) (1782–1858).Thomas Hart Benton (April 15, 1889 – January 19, 1975) was an American painter and muralist. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement. His fluid, sculpted figures in his paintings showed everyday people in scenes of life in the United States. Though his work is strongly associated with the Midwestern United States, he 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.

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Thomas Hart Benton
Birth dateApril 15, 1889
Birth place
Neosho Missouri
Nationality
United States
Date of deathJanuary 19, 1975
Place of death
Martha's Vineyard

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Artist

Field of work
Painting
Influenced
John McCrady
Movement
Social realism
American scene painting
Synchromism
American realism
American modernism

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