Thomas Hart Benton (April 15, 1889 – January 19, 1975) was an American muralist and painter. He was at the fore of the Regionalist art movement along with John Steuart Curry and Grant Wood. His sculpted and fluid paintings featured the everyday life of folks in the United States. The location of his scenes included the Midwest, New York City, Martha”s Vineyard, the American South, and the American West. Learn more »
Paintings by Thomas Hart Benton in Chronological Order
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| Self-Portrait, 1912 | Girl in Park, 1913 | Portrait of the Artist’s Sister (Mildred), 1913 |
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| Still Life with Fruit and Vegetables, 1914 | Upper Manhattan, 1917 | Constructivist Still LIfe, 1918 |
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| Portrait of Thomas Craven, 1919 | Rhythmic Construction, 1919 | Abstract Rock by the Sea, 1920 |
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| Chilmark, 1923 | Portrait of Frankie, 1923 | Marthas Vineyard, 1925 |
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| Self-Portrait (1), 1925 | The Lord is My Shepherd, 1926 | Bootleggers, 1927 |
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| Boomtown, 1928 | Cotton Loading, 1928 | Lonesome Road, 1927-1928 |
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| The Train Station, 1928 | Cotton Pickers Georgia, 1928-1929 | Cattle Loading, 1930 |
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| Changing West, 1930 | City Building, 1930 | City Building (1), 1930 |
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| Lassoing Horses, 1931 | City Activities with Dance Hall, 1931 | The Engineers Dream, 1931 |
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| Arts of the South, 1932 | Arts of the West, 1932 | Butterfly Chaser, 1932 |
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| Romance, 1932 | Lord Heal the Child, 1934 | Preparing the Bill, 1934 |
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| The Ballad of the Jealous Lover of Lone Green Valley, 1934 | Jesse James, 1936 | Approaching Storm, 1938 |
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| Cradling Wheat, 1938 | Flight of the Thielens, 1938 | T.P. and Jake, 1938 |
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| Pussycat and R, 1939 | Threshing Wheat, 1939 | The Hail Storm, 1940 |
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| The Beach, 1941 | July Hay, 1942 | Negro Soldier, 1942 |
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| Letter from Overseas, 1943 | Spring Tryout, 1943 | The Wreck of the Ole, 1943 |
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| Cut the Line, 1944 | She”s Off, 1944 | After Many Springs, 1945 |
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| Island Hay, 1945 | The Waterboy, 1946 | Chilmark Hay, 1951 |
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| Jessie with Guitar, 1957 | Trail Riders, 1964-1965 | Wheat, 1967 |
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| Self-Portrait (2), 1970 | Aaron | Arts of the City |
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| Benton”s the Speaker | Berlin | Cave Spring |
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| Central Park | Chain Gang | Cradling Wheat |
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| Cutting Hay | Deep South | First Impressions of Chicago |
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| Homestead | Midwest | New England Postmaster |
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| Ozark Reflections | Portrait of a Musician | Portrait of Carl Ruggles |
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| Still Life with Wildflowers | Study for Jessie and Jake | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
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| The Blast Furnace | The Candidate | The Cliffs |
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| The Cotton Picker | The Ozarkian | The Processional |
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| The Sheepherder | The Skeptic | Vienna |
i purchased a painting by mr. benton signed benton 44 entitled spring tryout and i’d like to know what exactly i have. it seems to me and i don’t know alot about painting that it is egg tempara on paper. it was professionally framed in los angeles california but i’m not sure when it seems to be fairly old but not ancient in appearance. the paper it’s painted on is very porous an d textured. I can’t see any brush strokes but there is no margin as in a print. It measures approximatley twentyy eight inches wide by approximatley eighteenh inches tall. Can someone please help me assess this situation Thank you sincerely
Did you ever find out about your painting? If not, I would be interested in seeing it.
Hello and Thank you for this. Did you mean to omit “The Sources of Country Music’? Hi s last. Died signing in 1975.
Carl Schilt, Skamania, WA
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Spring Tryout is one of his 1943 paintings
I have a photo (original) of Benton (11″x13″) taken when I lived across the street from his studio. It is sepia tone and he is lighting his pipe.. Would like to sell .