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Thomas Hart BentonBorn in Neosho, Missouri, of a family of lawyers and politicians, Thomas Hart Benton was named after his great uncle, who was Andrew Jackson's right-hand man. His father, Colonel M. E. Benton was a powerful force in Missouri politics.
His family wanted him to become a lawyer, instead he decided to try his hand in art. Benton's summary of his art education was, "I studied painting in Chicago and then in France. Influenced by modern French Schools, Delacroix onward, intensely by the Italian Renaissance, by Thomas Nast the cartoonist, and other depictors of the American scene."
Settling in Kansas City he engrossed himself in the American scene and designed and dramatized the people and localities he visited on canvas and stone. His art became known as regionalism. Former President Harry S. Truman called him, "The best damned painter in America." Many of his prints are lithographed versions of his paintings.
Craven, Thomas, A Treasury of American Prints, New York, 1939.
Fath, Creekmore, The Lithographs of Thomas Hart Benton, University of Texas Press, Austin, 1969.
Kraeft, June and Norman, Great American Prints, 1900-1950, New York, 1984, p.139.
Zigrosser, Carl, The Artist in America, New York, 1942, pp.173-179.
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Thomas Hart Benton
American (1889-1975)
Nebraska Evening or Arkansas Evening
10 x 13-1/8 in.
Lithograph, 1941, edition 250. Fath 45. Signed in pencil. Printed on wove paper. In good condition other than some tape stains in the corners of the top margin, outside of the image area. The margins are adequate, if not full. Sheet size: 12 x 14-7/8 in. A painting was made of this image in 1940, but remains in the collection of the artist.
Exhibited at the Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, "Remembering the Family Farm-150 Years of American Prints," (2001-2004)
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Thomas Hart Benton
American (1889-1975)
Missouri Farmyard or Kansas Farmyard
10-1/2 x 16-1/2 in.
Lithograph, 1936, edition 250. In excellent condition with large margins. Fath 10. Sheet size: 14-1/2 x 19-1/2 in. Signed in pencil, lower right. Part of the Missouri State Capitol Mural series.
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