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A 1971 postage stamp features a pioneer family from the mural. Independence and the Opening of the West is a 1961 mural by the American painter Thomas Hart Benton, located inside the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. It depicts Independence and its people during three decades, from 1817 to 1847.
Thomas Hart Benton (April 15, 1889 – January 19, 1975) was an American painter, muralist, and printmaker.Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement.
Joplin at the Turn of the Century is a 1972 mural by the American painter Thomas Hart Benton. It depicts people from different social spheres on the Main Street of Joplin, Missouri at the turn of the century. The painting is 14 feet wide and 5 1 ⁄ 2 foot high. [1] It is located at Joplin City Hall (602 S. Main St.) [2]
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America 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.
Muralist Thomas Hart Benton's "The Sources of Country Music" — the legend's final painting — celebrates its 50th year of association with the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (now in the ...
The mural Independence and the Opening of the West by Thomas Hart Benton adorns the walls of the lobby entrance. The mural, completed in 1961, was painted on site by Benton over a three-year span. The mural, completed in 1961, was painted on site by Benton over a three-year span.
Curry was one of the three great painters of American regionalistic art; the others were Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood. All three were from the Midwest, west of the Mississippi: Wood from Iowa, Benton from Missouri, and Curry from Kansas. Their art presents a nostalgic look at rural life in the American heartland.