Fire in the Barnyard

1944 · Print

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Où est « Fire in the Barnyard » aujourd’hui ? Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Pas exposée actuellement. Vérifié 29 septembre 2026.

National Gallery of Art

Washington, États-Unis

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Numéro d’inventaire: 1987.41.7

Ce qu’elle montre

United States Agriculture Fire

Au catalogue

Estampes Lithographie Modernisme XXe siècle American

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National Gallery of Art
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Dans la vie de Thomas Hart Benton

La vie entière

1929–1974
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).
1942
A harmonica album for Decca Records
An accomplished harmonica player, he records the album “Saturday Night at Tom Benton's” for Decca Records.
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.