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Things That I Love About America: American Art of the 1920s and 1930s

During the Fourth of July I try to recount some of the things that I love about this country. One of the things that I love about this country is the American art scene in the 1920s through the early … Continue reading

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Thomas Hart Benton- American Artist

I first discovered the artwork of Thomas Hart Benton from an article in Smithsonian magazine while I was in college in the 1980s.  I really didn’t know too much about the fine arts back then, and I knew even less … Continue reading

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Thomas Hart Benton

My favorite painter is Thomas Hart Benton.  He’s not the greatest technical painter, nor is he the most innovative.  But I loved his murals and easel paintings of the American Scene, and I never get tired of looking at his … Continue reading

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