American Art For The Ides Of July

July Hay                    Thomas Hart Benton, 1942

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Thomas Hart Benton (April 15, 1889 – January 19, 1975) was an American painter and muralist. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement. His fluid, almost sculpted paintings showed everyday scenes of life in the United States. Though his work is strongly associated with the Midwest, he painted scores of works of New York City, where he lived for more than 20 years; Martha's Vineyard, where he summered for much of his adult life; the American South; and the American West.  Here is the rest of the entry.

Arts of the South                                     Thomas Hart Benton, 1932