Thomas Hart BentonEstados Unidos, 1889–1975White Calf
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Washington D. C., Estados Unidos
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- El museo
Ficha
- Número de inventario
- 1987.41.10
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- Galería Nacional de Arte
- Imagen: Galería Nacional de Arte — © the artist or rights holder
Mientras tanto, en la vida de Thomas Hart Benton
La vida entera1929–1974
92 lithographs, 1929–1974
From 1929 to 1974 Benton produces 92 lithographs in editions ranging from 2 to 500; the signed, limited-edition lithographs are sold at five dollars each through the Associated American Artists Galleries in New York.
1939–1944
Illustrates Twain and Steinbeck
Creates illustrations for Mark Twain's “Tom Sawyer” (1939), John Steinbeck's “The Grapes of Wrath” (1940), Twain's “Huckleberry Finn” (1941) and “Life on the Mississippi” (1944).
1944
In the film series “Passing Parade”
Appears in an episode of John Nesbit's Passing Parade titled “Grandpa Called It Art”, which shows several contemporary artists at work; Benton demonstrates his process for the camera, from obtaining a farmer's permission to sketch his farm through making a three-dimensional model of the scene to the final painting.
after 1945
Regionalism falls from favor
After the war Regionalism falls from favor, eclipsed by the rise of Abstract Expressionism; Benton remains active for another 30 years, but his work contains less contemporary social commentary and portrays pre-industrial farmlands.
![Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/8f29e3c9-a289-4d53-abf0-31a66e9e98fa/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat [reverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/ff62e8d0-45c4-498f-ad36-6358de827e04/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![The Watering Place (Horses Bathing) [L'abreuvoir (chevaux au bain)], Pablo Picasso, 1906](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/bbac782b-88ea-4477-97a5-4369aa47b98a/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![The Watering Place (Horses Bathing) [L'abreuvoir (chevaux au bain)], Pablo Picasso, 1906, published 1913](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/e28f9c4c-435b-4af0-849d-79adeb9ad2d5/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
