Thomas Hart Benton | America Today | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
WEBMissouri native Thomas Hart Benton painted America Today to adorn a boardroom on the third floor of the New School for Social Research, a center of progressive thought and education in Greenwich Village, New York. The mural was commissioned in 1930 by the New School's director Alvin Johnson.
The Story Behind Thomas Hart Benton’s Incredible Masterwork
WEBThe famed artist drew on his extensive travels to paint “America Today” Paul Theroux. December 2014. In his magisterial America Today mural, Benton invented a muscular style intended to...
America Today - Wikipedia
WEBAmerica Today is a mural comprising ten canvas panels, painted with egg tempera in 1930–1931 by the American painter Thomas Hart Benton. It provides a panorama of American life throughout the 1920s, based on Benton's extensive travels in the country.
Thomas Hart Benton’s America Today Mural - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
WEBMissouri native Thomas Hart Benton (1889–1975) painted America Today to adorn a boardroom on the third floor of the New School for Social Research, a center of progressive thought and education in Greenwich Village. The mural was commissioned in 1930 by the New School’s director Alvin Johnson.
Thomas Hart Benton's 'America Today' - Broad Street Review
WEBDec 14, 2014 · His great mural sequence, America Today — commissioned by the socially and educationally progressive New School for Social Research and executed in 1930-31 — shows an artist clearly influenced by Cubist and Futurist aesthetics, and not untouched, in his neo-Mannerist figuration, by German Expressionism as well.
Thomas Hart Benton's America Today - ArtDeco.org
WEBKathleen Murphy Skolnik explores the stunning work of Thomas Hart Benton’s mural, America Today. This striking panorama of American life in the 1920s gives a visual record of its rural, urban, and industrial landscapes and the impact of …
America Today - MetCollects - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
WEBAmerica Today is more than a traditional mural, it is a space, an environment that Benton designed in collaboration with the New School's architect, Joseph Urban. It immerses the visitor in a profoundly transitional period in American history, the cultural rupture between the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression.
Thomas Hart Benton - The Art Story
WEBThomas Hart Benton was one of America's most popular and heavily patronized modern artists during the decades leading up to World War II, and his murals were especially acclaimed.
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WEBJul 21, 2023 · Benton is best known for his large murals, including America Today and Arts of Life in America, but also created thousands of other works, including drawings, smaller paintings, sculptures and lithographs. Discover the artwork of Thomas Hart Benton and discover his legacy as one of the most influential American artists.
Thomas Hart Benton’s ‘America Today’ Mural Goes to Met - The New York Times
WEBDec 11, 2012 · Thomas Hart Benton, the American realist painter, had lined the third-floor boardroom with nine panels of what would be a 10-panel mural, “America Today,” depicting a panoply of...