Thomas Hart Benton
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 49 years ago |
| Date of birth | April 15,1889 |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Born | Neosho |
| Missouri | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | January 19,1975 |
| Died | Kansas City |
| Missouri | |
| United States | |
| Known for | Painting |
| Job | Painter |
| Sailor | |
| Visual Artist | |
| Education | Western Military Academy |
| Corcoran School of the Arts and Design | |
| Academy Julian | |
| The Art Students League of New York | |
| Books | Thomas Hart Benton and the American South |
| lithographs of Thomas Hart Benton | |
| Thomas Hart Benton and the Indiana Murals: The Making of a Masterpiece | |
| Benton's America | |
| World War II through the eyes of Thomas Hart Benton | |
| We're from Missouri | |
| An Artist in America | |
| Thirty Years View | |
| Latest noncurrent party | Democratic Party |
| Place of burial | Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Previous position | Representative (1853–1855), Senator, MO (1821–1851) |
| Spouse | Rita Piacenza |
| Periods | Modern art |
| Regionalism | |
| Social realism | |
| American Realism | |
| American modernism | |
| Synchromism | |
| Children | Jessie Benton |
| Jessie Benton Frémont | |
| Thomas Piacenza Benton | |
| Parents | Maecenas Eason Benton |
| Elizabeth Wise Benton | |
| Works | America Today |
| Cradling Wheat | |
| Self‑Portrait with Rita | |
| July Hay | |
| Party | Democratic Party |
| Grandchildren | John Charles Frémont Jr. |
| On view | The Museum of Modern Art |
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| ID | 488300 |
Thomas Hart Benton Life story
Thomas Hart Benton was an American painter, muralist, and printmaker. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement. The fluid, sculpted figures in his paintings showed everyday people in scenes of life in the United States.
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