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Thomas Hart Benton

Downtown Joplin Mural Tour
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Downtown Joplin Mural Tour

By Christine Smith for Visit Joplin MO

Discover accessible murals display in Joplin, including Murals at City Hall which features Joplin at the Turn of the Century, 1973 by Thomas Hart Benton.

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The ARTnews Guide to Abstract Expressionism
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The ARTnews Guide to Abstract Expressionism

Learn how Thomas Hart Benton influenced Pollock as “a painter who disdained modernism yet whose undulating compositional dynamics would eventually be translated by Pollock into pure energetic abstraction.”

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Domesticated Animals & American Identity: A Selection of Artworks by George Caleb Bingham & Thomas Hart Benton
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Domesticated Animals & American Identity: A Selection of Artworks by George Caleb Bingham & Thomas Hart Benton

Many of the animals we associate with America are not American at all. Horses, cows, and most other domesticated livestock were introduced into North America by European colonists. Their presence in this selection of artworks by George Caleb Bingham and Thomas Hart Benton subtly represents European colonization and the complex cultural and environmental issues associated with “civilizing” the native “wilderness.”

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15 Best Things to Do in Bentonville, AR
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15 Best Things to Do in Bentonville, AR

By Glen Dale for Travel Lens

Travel Lens adds Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art to their must-do activities in Bentonville, AR. The museum is home to a number of Thomas Hart Benton masterpieces.

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Christie’s American Art Sale
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Christie’s American Art Sale

For Rehs Galleries Inc.

American art sale featuring Thomas Hart Benton’s artwork gets top bid at 1.1 million dollars.

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Fishermen’s Camp Brings $1.38 Million
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Fishermen’s Camp Brings $1.38 Million

By Julie Schlenger Adell for Maine Antique Digest

Thomas Hart Benton’s Fishermen’s Camp, Buffalo River sold at $1,380,000, takes the highest bid in an art auction.

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“allegory: a Parable”
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“allegory: a Parable”

By Frederic Tuten for Literary Hub

Short story from distinguished author, Frederic Tuten’s The Bar at Twilight, tackling how art was direct until artists like Thomas Hart Benton were able to conceive more than what is on the surface level.

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Historic Beer Birthday: Louis Hennepin
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Historic Beer Birthday: Louis Hennepin

By Jay Brooks for Brookston Beer Bulletin

Celebrating Louis Hennepin, and his exploration that led to the discovery of the great Niagara Falls of which Thomas Hart Benton created a mural himself of this feat.

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Columbia, the Gem of Missouri
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Columbia, the Gem of Missouri

By Carla Waldemar for Lavender Magazine

Discover historic gems in Columbia, Missouri, such as The Historical Society where Negro Soldier, one of Thomas Hart Benton’s famous work is in display.

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Vibrant and vivid
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Vibrant and vivid

By Gwyn McAllister for MVTimes

Laura Murphy discusses growing up on the Island with the Bentons.

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Must-see Museums
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Must-see Museums

By Margaret Bristow for kc parent

Museums to visit in Kansas City, including the Spencer Museum of Art which showcases over 45,000 works of art by famous artists. Thomas Benton’s The Ballad of Jealous Lover of Lone Green Valley is part of their collection among others.

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