Thomas Hart Benton

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Object Details

Artist

Harry Sternberg, 1904 - 2001

Sitter

Thomas Hart Benton, 15 Apr 1889 - 9 Jan 1975

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

Date

1944

Object number

NPG.80.221

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

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Vehicle\Train

Music\Musical instrument\Guitar

Architecture\Fence

Architecture\Building\House

Thomas Hart Benton: Male

Thomas Hart Benton: Arts and Culture\Visual Arts\Artist\Painter

Thomas Hart Benton: Arts and Culture\Visual Arts\Art instructor

Thomas Hart Benton: Arts and Culture\Visual Arts\Artist\Painter\Muralist

Portrait

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4e21352f4-6d32-4552-bbff-6969c3e4f13d

Record ID

npg_NPG.80.221