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Artist
Harry Sternberg, 1904 - 2001
Sitter
Thomas Hart Benton, 15 Apr 1889 - 9 Jan 1975
Date
1944
Type
Print
Medium
Serigraph
Dimensions
Image: 47.2 x 31.2cm (18 9/16 x 12 5/16")
Sheet: 55.5 x 35.2cm (21 7/8 x 13 7/8")
Topic
Vehicle\Train
Music\Musical instrument\Guitar
Architecture\Fence
Architecture\Building\House
Thomas Hart Benton: Male
Thomas Hart Benton: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter
Thomas Hart Benton: Visual Arts\Art instructor
Thomas Hart Benton: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter\Muralist
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Object number
NPG.80.221
Exhibition Label
Born Neosho, Missouri
At the turn of the twentieth century, Thomas Hart Benton was among the many young artists who embraced abstraction. He soon rejected that brand of modernism, however, and emerged in the 1920s as a leader of the regionalist school of realism. A sought-after muralist, he often celebrated workers and the history of the rural United States.
This serigraph is part of Harry Sternberg’s Artist Series, in which he represented the leading artists of the day by drawing upon the artistic style of his subjects. Posed with a guitar and a train steaming through the rural landscape in the background, Benton becomes part of the very spaces he so often represented.
Nacido en Neosho, Misuri
Thomas Hart Benton fue uno de muchos artistas jóvenes que acogieron la abstracción a principios del siglo XX. Sin embargo, pronto rechazó esa vertiente moderna y en la década de 1920 se destacó como líder de la escuela de realismo regionalista. Muralista muy solicitado, en sus obras rindió homenaje a los trabajadores y la historia rural del país.
Esta serigrafía pertenece a la Serie de artistas en la que Harry Sternberg representó a los artistas principales de la época emulando el estilo de cada uno. Retratado con una guitarra y al fondo un tren que atraviesa un paisaje rural, Benton se convierte en parte de los mismos espacios que con tanta frecuencia pintó.
