Thomas Hart Benton was born on April 15, 1889 in Neosho, Missouri. He spent most of his childhood in boarding schools and in Washington, D.C. and landed his first job as a cartoonist for the Joplin American in Missouri. Benton studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, resided briefly in Paris and New York City, then settled in Kansas City, working as an instructor of drawing/painting at the Kansas City Art Institute. His most famous pupil was the Abstract Expressionist Jackson Pollock; his well known Nebraska students at the Institute were Aaron Pyle and Bill Hammond.
Benton was part of the Regionalist movement and is well known for his mural paintings that depict commmon everyday scenes of Midwestern life. The figures in his works often appear cartoon-like through the way he distorts the bone and muscular structure of their faces. His most famous murals are located in the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City and in the Truman Library in Independence. Benton died January 19, 1975 in his studio.
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Benton, Thomas Hart
Trail Riders
Date: 1964-65 Movement: American Realisms Theme: Landscape Technique: Oil on canvas
Benton, Thomas Hart
America Today: City Activities with Subway
Date: 1930 Movement: American Realisms Theme: Genre Technique: Tempera
Benton, Thomas Hart
Field Workers (Cotton Pickers)
Date: 1945 Movement: American Realisms Theme: Genre Technique: Oil on canvas
Benton, Thomas Hart
Poker Night (A Streetcar Named Desire)
Date: 1948 Movement: American Realisms Theme: Genre Technique: Tempera
Benton, Thomas Hart
Weighing Cotton
Date: 1939 Movement: American Realisms Theme: Genre Technique: Mixed technique
Benton, Thomas Hart
Trail Riders (detail)
Date: 1964-65 Movement: American Realisms Theme: Landscape Technique: Oil on canvas
Benton, Thomas Hart
The Skeptic
Date: 1924 Movement: American Realisms Theme: Portrait Technique: Watercolour
Benton, Thomas Hart
Desert Artist
Date: 1962 Movement: American Realisms Theme: Portrait Technique: Oil on canvas
Benton, Thomas Hart
Boy Fishing
Date: 1930s Movement: American Realisms Theme: Genre Technique: Watercolour
Benton, Thomas Hart
Trail Riders (detail)
Date: 1964-65 Movement: American Realisms Theme: Landscape Technique: Oil on canvas
Benton, Thomas Hart
The Lord is my Shepherd
Date: 1926 Movement: American Realisms Theme: Genre Technique: Tempera
Benton, Thomas Hart
Moonlight on the Osage
Date: 1938 Movement: American Realisms Theme: Landscape Technique: Oil on wood
Benton, Thomas Hart
Forward Pass
Date: 1972 Movement: American Realisms Theme: Body Technique: Lithography
Benton, Thomas Hart
Burlesque
Date: 1922 Movement: American Realisms Theme: Genre Technique: Tempera