Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Arts of the West [study]
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Arts of the West [study]
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Image View:
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Overall view with frame
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Creator:
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Thomas Hart Benton (American painter, 1889-1975)
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Location:
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repository: Colby College Museum of Art (Waterville, Maine, United States) 2013.012
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Location Note:
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5600 Mayflower Hill; The Lunder Collection
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GPS:
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+44.565-69.660833
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Date:
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ca. 1932 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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American
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Style Period:
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Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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painting (visual work)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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oil paint on board
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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24.13 cm (height) x 39.37 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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cycles or series; genre; United States Work Projects Administration; American West
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Description:
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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/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-BENTON-CA-AW-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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