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Thomas Hart Benton
Object Details
- Exhibition Label
- Born Neosho, Missouri
- At the turn of the twentieth century, Thomas Hart Benton was among the many young artists who embraced abstraction. He soon rejected that brand of modernism, however, and emerged in the 1920s as a leader of the regionalist school of realism. A sought-after muralist, he often celebrated workers and the history of the rural United States.
- This serigraph is part of Harry Sternberg’s Artist Series, in which he represented the leading artists of the day by drawing upon the artistic style of his subjects. Posed with a guitar and a train steaming through the rural landscape in the background, Benton becomes part of the very spaces he so often represented.
- Nacido en Neosho, Misuri
- Thomas Hart Benton fue uno de muchos artistas jóvenes que acogieron la abstracción a principios del siglo XX. Sin embargo, pronto rechazó esa vertiente moderna y en la década de 1920 se destacó como líder de la escuela de realismo regionalista. Muralista muy solicitado, en sus obras rindió homenaje a los trabajadores y la historia rural del país.
- Esta serigrafía pertenece a la Serie de artistas en la que Harry Sternberg representó a los artistas principales de la época emulando el estilo de cada uno. Retratado con una guitarra y al fondo un tren que atraviesa un paisaje rural, Benton se convierte en parte de los mismos espacios que con tanta frecuencia pintó.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- Data Source
- National Portrait Gallery
- Date
- 1944
- Object number
- NPG.80.221
- Artist
- Harry Sternberg, 1904 - 2001
- Sitter
- Thomas Hart Benton, 15 Apr 1889 - 9 Jan 1975
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Medium
- Serigraph
- Dimensions
- Image: 47.2 x 31.2cm (18 9/16 x 12 5/16")
- Sheet: 55.5 x 35.2cm (21 7/8 x 13 7/8")
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- Topic
- Vehicle\Train
- Music\Musical instrument\Guitar
- Architecture\Fence
- Architecture\Building\House
- Thomas Hart Benton: Male
- Thomas Hart Benton: Arts & Culture\Visual Arts\Artist\Painter
- Thomas Hart Benton: Arts & Culture\Visual Arts\Art instructor
- Thomas Hart Benton: Arts & Culture\Visual Arts\Artist\Painter\Muralist
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.80.221
- Usage
- Not determined
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