Last year Nate and I went to see the Thomas Hart Benton's murals in the Missouri State Capital. Thomas Hart Benton's house was really interesting. Benton's house was built in 1905 and the Benton's moved there in 1939 and then lived there until 1975.
Here are some pictures of us in Benton's studio. Benton converted half of the carriage house into his art studio, which remains as he left it, with coffee cans full of paintbrushes, numerous paints and a stretched canvas waiting to be transformed into another of his masterpieces. Thomas Hart Benton died in his studio on Jan. 19, 1975 painting a mural for the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Here is the work Thomas Hart Benton was working on when he died. He was almost finished, and it now hangs in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
This painting, The Ballad of the Jealous Lover of Lone Green Valley, hangs in KU's museum of art.
1 comment:
what a fun day! Those pictures look familiar...are they famous or am I remembering a little from my art 101 days?
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