Bibliograph

Thomas Hart Benton,, [by] Matthew Baigell

Type

Label

Thomas Hart Benton,, [by] Matthew Baigell

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Bibliography: p. 269-[273]

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Thomas Hart Benton,

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

622605

Responsibility statement

[by] Matthew Baigell

Summary

Thomas Hart Benton is surely the most American of artists. The past, the present, and the future of our country have been his preoccupation during an artistic career spanning more than half a century. This volume, produced with the active cooperation of the artist, places before the reader the entire exciting panorama of Benton's work, including many pictures never before published... In a compact and balanced text, combining historical acument with sound aesthetic judgment, Dr. Matthew Baigell, professor of art at Rutgers University, traces Benton's course from his boyhood as the nonconforming scion of an illustrious Missouri familym through hi art studies in Chicago. New York, and Paris, his naval service in World War I, his break with Parisian modernism, his espousal of regionalism, and his return to the Middle West. The author's thorough knowledge of Benton's writings ad his direct contacts with the artist enable him to speak with impressive authority.

Table Of Contents

List of plates -- Introduction -- The family heritage -- First artistic ventures -- The years in France -- First New York experience -- World War I and the postwar adjustment -- The American historical epic -- The "American scene" -- Murals of the thirties -- Battles and skirmishes -- The return to the Middle West -- World War II and the postwar works -- Biographical outline -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index -- Photography credits

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