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Thomas Hart Benton

1889 - 1975

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Thomas Hart Benton (April 15, 1889 – January 19, 1975) was an American painter, muralist, and printmaker. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement. The fluid, sculpted figures in his paintings showed everyday people in scenes of life in the United States. His work is strongly associated with the Midwestern United States, the region in which he was born and which he called home for most of his life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Hart Benton is the 1,817th most popular painter (up from 1,839th in 2019), the 8,127th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,730th in 2019) and the 98th most popular American Painter.

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Among painters, Thomas Hart Benton ranks 1,817 out of 2,023. Before him are Louis Meijer, Suzanne Duchamp, Josefine Swoboda, Victor Chizhikov, Blanka Teleki, and John Marin. After him are Pyotr Konchalovsky, Mary Moser, Edward Ruscha, Alberto Vargas, John Hoppner, and Joseph Noel Paton.

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Among people born in 1889, Thomas Hart Benton ranks 241. Before him are Matilde Hidalgo, Alberto Ohaco, Anna Kéthly, Otakar Vindyš, Suzanne Duchamp, and Virgilio Mantegazza. After him are Otto Scheff, Paul Deman, Miguel Mariano Gómez, Stanley Morison, Dirk Coster, and Frederico Paredes. Among people deceased in 1975, Thomas Hart Benton ranks 205. Before him are Masanori Yusa, Antonio Vojak, Tinoco, Ali Sastroamidjojo, Nicolas Rossolimo, and Carlos Raúl Villanueva. After him are Carl Silfverstrand, Hermann Paul Müller, Pyotr Novikov, Erico Verissimo, Tommy Green, and Nilo Murtinho Braga.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas Hart Benton ranks 8,129 out of 20,380. Before him are George Bancroft (1800), John C. Slater (1900), Art LaFleur (1943), Margaret Colin (1958), Mark Rydell (1929), and John Stockwell (1961). After him are Walter Block (1941), Harry Spanjer (1873), Joanna Angel (1980), Reni Santoni (1938), Raymond E. Brown (1928), and Aloma Wright (1950).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Thomas Hart Benton ranks 98. Before him are John Frederick Kensett (1816), Katherine Sophie Dreier (1877), Charles Dana Gibson (1867), Theodore Robinson (1852), Lawrence Weiner (1942), and John Marin (1870). After him are Edward Ruscha (1937), Arthur Dove (1880), William Merritt Chase (1849), Kenyon Cox (1856), Kay Sage (1898), and Charles R. Knight (1874).

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