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  1. www.metmuseum.org › 2014 › thomas-hart-bentonThomas Hart Benton'sAmerica Today Mural Rediscovered

    This exhibition celebrates the gift of Thomas Hart Benton's epic mural America Today from AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in December 2012. Benton (1889–1975) painted this mural for New York's New School for Social Research to adorn the school's boardroom in its International Style modernist building on ...

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  3. www.metmuseum.org › press › exhibitionsThomas Hart Benton’s America Today Mural Rediscovered - The ...

    Sep 30, 2014 · Thomas Hart Benton’s America Today Mural Rediscovered is organized by Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, the Alice Pratt Brown Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture, and Randall Griffey, Associate Curator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, both of the Metropolitan Museum.

  4. www.metmuseum.org › en › perspectivesArt and Life in Thomas Hart Benton's America Today , with ...

    Jul 28, 2015 · Then to think about what happens to Pollock—that he would become an international star of American painting in a few years, and then his life would be cut short in 1956—makes it really fascinating to see him in the Benton mural as his early mature self. Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889–1975). Steel from America Today (detail), 1930–31 ...

  5. www.smithsonianmag.com › arts-culture › story-behindThe Story Behind Thomas Hart Benton’s Incredible Masterwork

    ARTS & CULTURE. The Story Behind Thomas Hart Benton’s Incredible Masterwork. The famed artist drew on his extensive travels to paint “America Today” Paul Theroux. December 2014. In his...

  6. www.nytimes.com › 2014/10/03 › artsThomas Hart Benton’s ‘America Today’ Mural at the Met - The ...

    Oct 3, 2014 · “Thomas Hart Benton’s ‘America Today’ Mural Rediscovered” offers a raucous, wide-angle look at America as it entered the Depression.

  7. news.artnet.com › art-world › met-unveils-thomasMet Unveils Thomas Hart Benton’s ‘America Today’ Mural

    Jul 29, 2014 · The 10-panel mural cycle America Today (1930–31), painted by Thomas Hart Benton for the New School for Social Research, is rediscovered at the Met.

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  9. twi-ny.com › 2015/04/15 › thomas-hart-bentonsTHOMAS HART BENTON’S “AMERICA TODAY” MURAL REDISCOVERED

    Apr 15, 2015 · Benton’s naturalistic flair and use of color, especially reds, which stand out in every panel, add dramatic impact and cinematic scope to his narrative of America’s resiliency and determination, a story that would be told very differently if Benton were around today to report on the state of things.