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'''Thomas Hart Benton''' (Neosho, Mo., 1889 – Kansas City, 1975) [[American]] [[painter]]. He is considered the best-known American [[Muralism|muralist]] of the 1930s and early 40s. His mural paintings depict common everyday scenes of Midwestern life. The most famous are in the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City and in the Truman Library in Independence. One of his students was Abstract [[Expressionist]] [[Jackson Pollock]].
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[[Image:Benton Indiana murals.jpg|thumb|Murals at Indiana University.]]
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'''Thomas Hart Benton''' (Neosho, Mo., 1889 – Kansas City, 1975) [[American]] [[painter]]. He studied art in Paris and New York. Benton is considered the best-known American [[Muralism|muralist]] of the 1930s and early 40s. His mural paintings depict common everyday scenes of Midwestern life. The most famous are in the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City and in the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. One of his students was Abstract [[Expressionist]] [[Jackson Pollock]].
    
[[Image:Thomas Hart Benton - The Twist, 1964.jpg|270px|The Twist]] '''The Twist.'''
 
[[Image:Thomas Hart Benton - The Twist, 1964.jpg|270px|The Twist]] '''The Twist.'''
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*[http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/benton_thomas_hart.html Thomas Hart Benton ]
 
*[http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/benton_thomas_hart.html Thomas Hart Benton ]
 
*[http://monet.unk.edu/mona/contemp/benton/benton.html Thomas Hart Benton]
 
*[http://monet.unk.edu/mona/contemp/benton/benton.html Thomas Hart Benton]
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*[http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/8000.html Benton Murals conference to explore public art on the university campus]
    
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