Please contact the Library at 314-516-7247 for more information. During the 1930s he lived in poverty and worked as a mural assistant for the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project. "Thomas Hart Benton: An American Original," August 4–October 15, 1989, unnumbered cat. We have shown work in numerous museum exhibitions, as well as art shows in throughout the United States, including New York, Boston, Chicago, Washington, D.C. and St. Louis. Biography Thomas Hart Benton was an American regionalist painter. The Thomas Hart Benton murals. Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library, John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, Missouri's Railroads: A Bicentennial Overview, Frederick Oakes Sylvester: An American Artist in Nature. The show, which runs until January 3, 2016 at the Nelson-Atkins Museum, is the first major retrospective of Benton’s work in more than 25 years. Museums - Thomas Hart Benton. The home known as #10 Benton Place was originally built for Edward S. Rowse in 1893, a wealthy financier, real estate developer, banker and developer of Benton Place. Where can I find information pertaining to the University’s policy regarding COVID-19? This piece of art has a very bold and vibrant color scheme, and has a vibrant and dramatic scene as well. Bluestem Missouri Crafts features the work of over 300 artists and craftspeople. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Found inside – Page 383Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1992. ———. Entry on Thomas Hart Benton's Persephone. In the exhibition cata- logue for A Bountiful Decade: ... Found inside – Page 145Essays on the Art Museum in the United States Alan Wallach ... “ Fans of Thomas Hart Benton Hear Some Disparaging Words , ” St. Louis Post - Dispatch ( 19 ... As an alternate experience, a 10-minute video about Thomas Hart Benton and the house will be available. Scope and Contents note: The Thomas Hart Benton collection includes correspondence, photographs, manuscripts, research notes, business records, clippings, brochures, and printer’s proofs related to the publication of a catalog raisonne of Thomas Hart Benton’s lithograph prints by Creekmore Fath, “The Lithographs of Thomas hart Benton” (1969), and to other projects Fath initiated relative to Benton’s art – exhibitions, publications, lectures. For more information, visit our UMSL Statement of Nondiscrimination. (January 6, 1940) Art For Your Sake (NBC Radio) "The America of Mister Thomas Hart Benton, including the Folksongs" Dr. Bernard S. Myers hosts this look at the life and art of Thomas Hart Benton, from a script by Albert N. Williams. DMCA Policy | Creekmore Fath (1916 - 2009) was born in Oklahoma and grew up in Texas. Thomas Hart Benton's A Social History of the State of Missouri is filled with images of Missourians, real and imagined – 235 of them to be exact. Painted by Thomas Hart Benton in 1936, the mural tells the story of our state from its pioneer beginnings to the industrial 20th century. Taught: University of Missouri, 1932-33, 34-36, 38-71 (department chairman 1958-67, professor emeritus of Fine Art 1971-present), Kansas State Teacher's College (Emporia, KS), 1936 (summer). Beneath the toga Benton is wearing a contemporary jacket and scarf. Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, CUNY, Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia, New York University Collection/Grey Art Gallery, St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University Of Missouri, The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts. UMSL is an equal opportunity/access/affirmative action/pro-disability and veteran employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sex in our education programs or activities, pursuant to Title IX and 34 CFR Part 106. In 1930, he settled in New York, and studied with the Regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton. Disability Resources | Thomas Hart Benton died in his studio in 1975. Thomas Hart Benton: America’s Master Storyteller Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC (3/3/2011-7/31/2011) 2018 Outlaws in American Art Reynolda House Museum of American Art (February 28, 2018 - December 2, 2018) Published References Fath, Creekmore. ~ Smithsonian American Art Museum Benton was treated to an extensive education that involved many travels. Conditions Governing Use note: Due to the rare and fragile nature of this resource, reproduction of the collection’s materials must be reviewed by library staff. Found inside – Page 92Three years earlier his fellow Missourian, Thomas Hart Benton, had painted Cradling Wheat (Saint Louis Art Museum), a reminiscence of a subject he had seen ... The exhibition includes work by the famed Regionalists Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry, and Grant Wood, as well as paintings by John Atherton, Joe Jones, and John Rogers Cox, who, like their more celebrated colleagues, interpreted the reality of the heartland with passion, vigor, and poignancy. Found inside – Page 199Connecticut and Benton had a studio in New York. But they all did have Midwestern ... Left: Thomas Hart Benton, Cradling Wheat (1938), St. Louis Art Museum. More than 65 acclaimed works by Thomas Hart Benton, Joe Jones, George Caleb Bingham and Karl Bodmer are a part of a new exhibition at the Saint Louis University Museum of Art which opens with a 5 p.m. reception on Friday, Aug. 21. He was born in Neosho, Missouri in a family of distinguished politicians. British Museum Art Images More information Art History News: September 2014 Benton’s rhythmic composition Cradling Wheat (Saint Louis Art Museum) celebrates the beauty in hard, outdoor work. Born into a political family, Benton received support for his artistic ambitions from his mother. Robert Tindall is known for Painting, teaching. Marble. "The history of Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis is told through the stories of those who are buried there. Cemetery records and interviews with insiders inform the research"--Provided by publisher. Found inside – Page 1810See also art education; art museums and academies; arts and humanities councils ... 955; Thomas Hart Benton, 587; Warren McKenzie, 561 art museums and sites ... More than 2,700 objects, including the highlights below, are currently on view in our collection galleries. Thomas Hart Benton died in his studio in 1975. Included are Thomas Hart Benton's introduction to Shane's Drawings, Sid Larson's brief biographical and critical sketch of Shane for same, news releases and reviews and material on the Adolf Dehn book of drawings. He was a successful and influential lawyer with a long career in Texas. American, 1889-1975. The exhibition includes work by the famed Regionalists Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry, and Grant Wood, as well as paintings by John Atherton, Joe Jones, and John Rogers Cox, who, like their more celebrated colleagues, interpreted the reality of the heartland with passion, vigor, and poignancy. Missouri State Parks will unveil a never-before-exhibited original oil painting by Thomas Hart Benton at an open house 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, July 7 at the Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio State Historic Site in Kansas City. Congressman, and his great-great uncle was Senator Thomas Hart Benton (1872-1858) from Missouri. Sayles, Stephen. After the war Benton avoided controversial social commentary in his paintings and even experimented with a mythological subject—Achelous and Hercules (1947, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC)—for a mural commissioned by a women’s clothing store in St. Louis. Robert Elton Tindall was born on October 11, 1913 in Kansas City. The base is square shaft with three granite steps mounted on a marble plinth." " "Here is the finest of Native American pottery, basketry, and beadwork." "Here is silver by Paul Revere II, a Baltimore album quilt, glass by Tiffany Studios, and furniture by Frank Lloyd Wright. Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. In the 20's and early 1930's Benton developed his unique Regionalist style characterized by a fluid naturalism that emerged in both his easel paintings and his murals. After obtaining his law degree from the University of Texas, where he co-founded the campus Progressive Democrats, he moved to Washington, DC, to serve in the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and then with the Democratic National Committee. Abstract: The Thomas Hart Benton collection contains records from the archive of Creekmore Fath, related to Fath's catalogue of the lithographs of the famous American Regionalist artist Thomas Hart Benton, "The Lithographs of Thomas Hart Benton" (1969), as well as other projects Fath was involved in as a close friend and the most important collector of Benton's prints. She joined the staff of the American Wing to direct research for the exhibition Art and The Empire City (2000). MetPublications is a portal to the Met's comprehensive publishing program featuring over five decades of Met books, Journals, Bulletins, and online publications on art … Benton's autobiography, An Artist in America, was published in 1937, the year he created this lithograph. ... the Truman Library and Museum in Independence and Joplin's City Hall. Found inside – Page 11Thomas Hart Benton statue in Lafayette Park; Oenone, her first life-sized figure, in the collection of the Saint Louis Art Museum; and the Beatrice Cenci ... The photographs of the collection encompass mainly working reproductions of Benton’s artwork as well as his greeting cards, a signature type of artifact. Washington University, School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO A full list of temporary closures can be found here. More than 65 acclaimed works by Thomas Hart Benton, Joe Jones, George Caleb Bingham and Karl Bodmer are a part of a new exhibition at the Saint Louis University Museum of Art which opens with a 5 p.m. reception on Friday, Aug. 21. His work before 1938 shows the influence of Benton, Albert Pinkham Ryder, and the Mexican muralists. See Sold Price. While in Paris he was immersed in the life of contemporary French artists and experienced the modernist styles of the early 20th century, including that of Diego Rivera (1886-1957). At an early age, Benton looked beyond his storied political familial roots to a career as an artist. Found inside – Page 74New York : St. Louis Art Museum , in association with Harry N. Abrams Publishers ... Thomas Hart Benton , and his political inconsistencies than for his ... She was also the first woman to study anatomy at what would become the Washington University School of Medicine and produced many of her most significant works — such as the bronze statue of Missouri senator Thomas Hart Benton in Lafayette Park — for St. Louis patrons. After the war, Benton continued to be a prolific artist, a teacher, and a muralist. We've actually made our way to Lafayette Park here in Saint Louis and behind me is the statue of Thomas Art Benton. America's First Professional Female Sculptor. The museum has just finished a massive renovation of the museum … (January 6, 1940) Art For Your Sake (NBC Radio) "The America of Mister Thomas Hart Benton, including the Folksongs" Dr. Bernard S. Myers hosts this look at the life and art of Thomas Hart Benton, from a script by Albert N. Williams. Originally published in 1887 as Life of Thomas Hart Benton. COLLECTIONS. This is for Thomas Hart Benton probably one of the most memorialized and recognized individuals buried here at Bellefontaine Cemetery in Arboretum. (Friends John Sloan, Robert Henri, Thomas Hart Benton, and teachers at CSFAC-Boardman Robinson, Adolf Dehn, Yasuo Kuniyoshi.) In 1947 he married Adele Hay (1917 - 2007), the daughter of New York socialite Alice Appleton Hay and Clarence Hay, the son of John Hay, Lincoln's private secretary. Found inside – Page xi... reprint the Thomas Hart Benton drawing from the 1942 Limited Editions Club edition of Huckleberry Finn; to Rachel Aubuchon of the Saint Louis Art Museum ... (Hunter Museum of Art). Characteristic of his mature style, June Morning depicts a view from his mother’s house on Martha’s Vineyard. Benton was born in Neosho, Missouri, in 1889, the son of Missouri Congressman Maecenas E. Benton and great, great nephew of Missouri's first senator, Thomas Hart "Old Bullion" Benton. Found inside1938), 9 3/8 - 7 12 inches, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, ... paint, abalone shell and operculum, 15 - 28 12 inches, Saint Louis Art Museum, ... His research on this project comprises the core of the Mercantile Library's collection. The Kansas City Star and St. Louis Post-Dispatch sent Benton to southeastern Missouri to sketch the devastation. The correspondence between Creekmore Fath (1916-2009) and numerous individuals, museums and galleries are an evidence of his deep interest in Benton’s art and his research skills in locating information on the complete set of prints. Benton converted half of the carriage house into his art studio, which remains as he left it. Over 4,000 highlights of the collection are searchable online. Thomas Hart Benton was an American artist whose paintings, lithographs, and murals contributed to the Regionalist movement. Thomas Hart Benton’s mural in the House Lounge of the Missouri State Capitol depicts social and industrial history in Missouri. Found inside – Page 216Thomas Hart Benton, Wheat Harvest, 1938. Tempera and oil on panel, 79.4 x 99.7 cm. The Saint Louis Art Museum, St Louis. Grant Wood, Stone City, Iowa, 1930. In Cincinnati, the Wood paintings will be part of small exhibition of and paintings by John Steuart Curry and Thomas Hart Benton, all of them representative of art's Regionalist Movement. your own Pins on Pinterest Whitney Museum of American Art. Columbia’s vibrant downtown district includes the North Village Arts District plus an array of dining and entertainment venues. 30 minutes. He died at the age of 85. Louis.". He bought his first Benton print in 1939 for which he paid $5 after receiving his first fee as a lawyer. An all-encompassing portrait of the controversial 20th-century American artist provides coverage of such topics as the influences of his family's Appalachian and political heritage, the ways in which his art was both embraced and criticized ... Business records in the collection are mainly financial statements pertaining to the printing of the catalog by the University of Texas Press. He studied at the Chicago Art Institute and the Academie Julien in Paris where he developed his new style. Missouri Historical Review 69 (October 1974): 1-22. He was named after his great-great-uncle, Thomas Hart Benton, the famous Missouri senator. Visitors can still see coffee cans full of paintbrushes, numerous paints, and a stretched canvas waiting to be transformed into another of his masterpieces. Tom’s father was a successful lawyer. The manuscripts are primarily typed documents of the publications from various stages of work, as well as handwritten research and conversation notes. The OFFICIAL Facebook page for the Thomas Hart Benton … Found insideOrganized in chronological sections ranging from the colonial era to the mid-twentieth century, this long-awaited book examines a noteworthy collection through a variety of interpretive lenses--aesthetic and cultural--for the benefit of a ... She was also the first woman to study anatomy at what would become the Washington University School of Medicine and produced many of her most significant works — such as the bronze statue of Missouri senator Thomas Hart Benton in Lafayette Park — for St. Louis patrons. Found insideEssays on Art John Updike Christopher Carduff ... Image: National Portrait Galley, Smithsonian Institution/Art Resource, NY. ... Image: St. Louis ArtMuseum. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas The Philbrook Museum of Art, Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma The Saint Louis Art Museum, Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri Thomas Hart Benton Home & Studio, Kansas City, Missouri The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Maryland University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, Wyoming U.S. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas Williams College Museum of Art, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh/Carnegie Institute. His work has been included in museum collections around the country. Found inside – Page 429Famous natives Thomas Hart Benton, painter. ... Noteworthy places Churchill Memorial, Gateway Arch, St. Louis. ... St. Louis Art Museum. As an alternate experience, a 10-minute video about It also cultivated a lifelong friendship between him and Benton. Cool Parks gear for sale. Shalhope, Robert E. "Thomas Hart Benton and Missouri State Politics: A Re-Examination.'' Benton created new artwork "expressly for this album." Thomas Hart Benton was born in Neosho, Missouri, on April 15, 1889. (1938, St. Louis Art Museum, MO) that represent farming in the rural areas where he often traveled in search of suitable subjects. Discover (and save!) Includes interview clips with Thomas Hart Benton, Jessie Benton, daughter of Thomas Hart Benton, and a clip with Kansas City artist, Vincent Campanella. Completed in 1935, the artwork focuses on how the people of Missouri shaped the state. Edward "Ted" and Pat Jones-Confluence Point State Park, First Missouri State Capitol State Historic Site, [Virtual] Show Me Kansas City: A Missouri Bicentennial Lecture Series, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday and Thursday through Saturday, Closed New Year's, Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas days, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday and Thursday through Sunday, year-round. During his multifaceted career, Fath amassed remarkable book and art collections. Found inside – Page 250The third mural group, intended to depict the fine arts, was never executed. ... to architect Louis LaBeaume, president of the St. Louis Art Museum and PWAP ... Found inside – Page 1708.10 . Thomas Hart Benton ( 1889-1975 ) . Cradling Wheat . 1938. Tempera and oil on board ; 31 " X 38 " . ( The Saint Louis Art Museum , St. Louis , Mo. In the foreground, the vibrant, twining foliage parts to reveal Benton’s neighbor milking a cow. We ask our visitors to view our Park Hours to confirm operating hours. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. A story about the state of Missouri, introduced by Thomas Hart Benton and featuring his art. View Thomas Hart Benton’s 4,037 artworks on artnet. Found inside – Page 128Whitney Museum of American Art .. ... Thomas Hart Benton , Cradling Wheat , 1938. Tempera and oil on board , 31 x 38 inches . The St. Louis Art Museum . Found inside – Page 199Connecticut and Benton had a studio in New York. But they all did have Midwestern ... Left: Thomas Hart Benton, Cradling Wheat (1938), St. Louis Art Museum. "Thomas Hart Benton: An American Original," November 17, 1989–February 11, 1990, unnumbered cat. In 1935, Benton left New York, the epicenter of American modernism which he came to disdain, and moved to Kansas City to teach at the Kansas City Art Institute. The Thomas Hart Benton murals. Copyright Information: The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply. Found inside – Page 96New Britain Museum of American Art New Britain , CT Daniel C. DuBois $ 40,000 To support conservation of Thomas Hart Benton's mural cycle of The Arts of ... Profile: Since 1986, Kiechel Fine Art has specialized in contemporary and 20th century Regionalist art. He studied Kansas City Art Institute and at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, where he earned at BA and a MA. Senator Thomas Hart Benton, 1782-1858. Privacy Policy Thomas Hart Benton used his art to elevate the experiences of everyday people and ordinary events. Thomas Hart Benton, The Race, 1942, lithograph on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Morris Abrams, 2007.12 His father was Maecenas Benton, a lawyer and U.S. "Thomas Hart Benton: An American Original," April 29–July 22, 1990, unnumbered cat. Painted by Thomas Hart Benton in 1936, the mural tells the story of the state from its pioneer beginnings to the industrial 20th century. For temporary closures related to weather, stewardship activities and maintenance, visit our Park and Site Status Map. The visitor center will still be open, but public access to the inside of the studio and house will be prohibited. Curators of the University of Missouri | Benton studied at Western Military Academy (1905-06), followed by the School of The Art Institute of Chicago (1907-09), and the Academie Julian in Paris (1909-1911). It’s also the first exhibit ever to really put Benton’s work in proper context. Its medium is egg tempera on gessoed masonite. Back to Artist Catalogue. The visitor center will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and Monday, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Visitors admire a painting by Thomas Hart Benton on display at the de Young Museum, also known as the M.H. Sep 13, 2019 - This Pin was discovered by HistoryDojo. Sculpture dedicated in 1868. Harriet Hosmer, *Oenone* (1854-55). Benton created new artwork "expressly for this album." In this painting exploring a dust-bowl version of the biblical story, the young man's return comes too late. A trip to the home and studio of the renowned painter, sculptor, lecturer and writer offers a glimpse into how the talented Benton lived and worked. Thomas Hart Benton was an American painter who was in the forefront of the Regionalist art movement , along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry. He was the oldest child of Maecenas Eason Benton and Elizabeth Wise Benton. Thomas Hart Benton's life is present in both his home and his paintings, and both are preserved at Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio State Historic Site. It covers the period of the late 1950's through 2000. From Art Critic Robert Hughes, first broadcast in 1997, "Steamlines and Breadlines" visions of the American rural eden - "The Regionalists" and Thomas Hart Benton. Columbia’s vibrant downtown district includes the North Village Arts District plus an array of … The film includes a scene of Benton talking to Harry S. Truman and working on the mural in the Truman Library. The first installment of this work was published in 1937, but Benton continued his life story in chapters added to editions published in 1951 and 1968. Found inside – Page 24J. Richard Gruber, Thomas Hart Benton, Morris Museum of Art (Augusta, Ga.) ... completed in 1938 and is now in the collection of the St. Louis Art Museum . List of frequently asked questions about reservations. He spent the rest of his life as a sought-after political consultant and champion of progressive politics. Musical interludes by the Norsemen Quartet. (Thomas Hart Benton: An American Original, Kansas City, Missouri, 1989, p. 293) In Still Life with Vase, this contrast in texture is evident in the ferns and flower petals against the crisp fold of the drapery, and in the flesh of the peaches against the china dish and metal knife. Found inside – Page 32Photo: © Donald Woodman; Page 18: Thomas Hart Benton, Cradling Wheat, 1938, 31 1/4 x 39 1/4 in., Tempera and oil on board, Saint Louis Art Museum. Fee Services: Fees associated with staff research time, cost recovery in reproductions processing time and materials, and licensing may apply. Saint Louis Art Museum; Saint Louis University Museum of Art; Samuel Cupples House; The Sheldon; St. Louis Mercantile Library; State Historical Society of Missouri; T. Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio State Historic Site This page was last edited on 15 May 2020, at 14:40 (UTC). The collection consists of original correspondence between Fath and Benton and other individuals and institutions, photographs, research notes, manuscripts, business records. Medill Higgins Harvey oversees the collections of American silver, jewelry, and other metalwork, as well as mid-19th-century furniture. The lithograph was done after a painting which is now in the St. Louis Art Museum. The most important part of the collection are the letters the author and the artist exchanged in the 1960’s where Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) explains the subjects and history of his prints, as well as his career and growth as an American artist. His mother was Elizabeth Wise Benton, who encouraged his interest and pursuit of art. The scene depicted is the hill country of east Tennessee. New York. Found inside – Page 148Tho Thomas Hart Benton , like many American painters , found in : | THOMAS HART ... 2 ; The St. Louis Art Museum ) seems to have been directly inspired by ... She’s the co-curator of American Epics: Thomas Hart Benton and Hollywood, organized by the Peabody Essex Museum in collaboration with The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, and opening in 2015. In 1912 Benton moved to New York and in 1922 married Rita Piacenza (1896 - 1975), an Italian immigrant who was a student in one of his art classes. Melting snow and heavy rainfall caused the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to overflow in February of that year. SHSMO boasts the nation's best collection of Missouri regional and westward expansion art, including Thomas Hart Benton's Year of Peril series, Fred Geary's regionalist woodcuts, and one of the largest collections of paintings by George Caleb Bingham.Also found in the collection are works by John James Audubon, Karl Bodmer, Frank Nuderscher, Fred Shane, and many other Missouri artists. The Faths moved back to Austin, where he ran unsuccessfully for Congress as a liberal New Dealer. Thomas Hart Benton was an American painter who was in the forefront of the Regionalist art movement , … Thomas Hart Benton died in his studio in 1975. Thomas Hart Benton was born in 1889 in Neosho in southwest Missouri to a family of lawyers and politicians. The latest information from Missouri State Parks on COVID-19 can be found here. Thomas Hart Benton's 1934 work The Ballad of the Jealous Lover of Lone Green Valley illustrates a traditional Ozark folksong, rendering a tragic tale in vibrant color. There's a murder in progress in the Spencer Museum of Art - but relax, it occurs in a painting. Thomas Hart Benton was commissioned to paint murals for the House Lounge, which is now used as a reception room – not what I think of as a lounge. The visitor center will still be open, but public access to the inside of the studio and house will be prohibited. Found inside – Page xThomas Hart Benton, St. Louis and Kansas City, with Frankie and Johnny vignette ... Photo courtesy Smithsonian American Art Museum/National Portrait Gallery ... These are Vorst¿s museum credits that occurred within a span of ten years in the United States. He also showed in commercial fine art galleries of distinction and historical importance in St. Louis and New York City. Because of Benton’s studies at the Art Institute in Chicago and the Academie Julian in Paris, Benton has been able to experiment with impressionism, pointillism, synchronism and his work showed the influences of Edouard Manet and Paul Cezanne. Repository: St. Louis Mercantile Library Special Collections Title: M-326: Thomas Hart Benton [Artist] Collection Date [inclusive]: 1951-2000 Extent: 1.5 linear feet in 2 boxes: 1 record box and 1 flat oversize. SOLD: Down the River Thomas Hart Benton Analysis 857 Words | 4 Pages. Get ready for your trip to one of Missouri's State Parks. Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, Missouri Arizona State University Art Museum, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Tempe, Arizona Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania Brooklyn Museum, New York City, New York Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh/Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia Cincinnati Art Museum Cincinnati, Ohio Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Coutts Memorial Museum of Art, El Dorado, Kansas Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas De Young Museum, San Francisco, California Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado Figge Museum of Art, Davenport, Iowa Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, Indiana Frederick R Weisman Art Museum, The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota George Walter Vincent Smith Museum, Springfield, Massachusetts Georgia Museum of Art, the University Of Georgia, Athens, Georgia Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, New York Great Plains Art Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina Harvard University Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee Hutchinson Art Center, Hutchinson, Kansas Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana Jack S Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin, Texas Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, Mississippi Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida Maier Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Lynchburg, Virginia Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York Michael C Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, Minnesota Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan National Academy of Design Museum, New York City, New York National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey New York University Collection/Grey Art Gallery, New York City, New York North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, Maine Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Paine Art Center, Oshkosh, Wisconsin Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pensacola Museum Of Art, Pensacola, Florida Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona Reynolda House-Museum of American Art, Salem, North Carolina Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont Saint Joseph College Art Gallery, Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, Connecticut San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, Indiana Sioux City Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, New York Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Saint Francis College, Loretto, Pennsylvania Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Ohio St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University Of Missouri, St Louis, Missouri St. Louis University High School, St. Louis, Missouri Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas The Arkell Museum at Canajoharie, Canajoharie, New York The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York The Columbus Museum of Art-Ohio, Columbus, Ohio The Columbus Museum-Georgia, Columbus, Georgia The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Jacksonville, Florida The Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas The Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, North Carolina The Huntington Library & Gallery, San Marino, California The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida The Navy Museum-US Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. 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