Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Arts of the West [study]
Image View:
Overall view with frame
Creator:
Thomas Hart Benton (American painter, 1889-1975)
Location:
repository: Colby College Museum of Art (Waterville, Maine, United States) 2013.012
Location Note:
5600 Mayflower Hill; The Lunder Collection
GPS:
44.565-69.660833
Date:
ca. 1932 (creation)
Cultural Context:
American
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on board
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
24.13 cm (height) x 39.37 cm (width)
Subjects:
cycles or series; genre; United States Work Projects Administration; American West
Description:
At the height of the Great Depression, Thomas Hart Benton created a mural cycle for the library of the newly founded Whitney Museum of American Art. Entitled Arts of Life in America, it consisted of eight tempera panels depicting the arts of the South, the West (for which this painting served as a study), indigenous peoples, and the city. Always one to champion the democratic reach of the visual arts, here Benton celebrated the "arts" of card playing, dancing, and the rodeo. (Source: Colby Museum of Art [website]; http://www.colby.edu /museum/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-BENTON-CA-AW-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Arts of the West [study]