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Thomas Hart Benton Biography
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1889 |
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Born: on April 15th in Neosho, MO
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1905 - 1906 |
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Neosho High School. (First work as an artist for Joplin American as a cartoonist.)
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1907 |
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Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL
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1908 - 1911 |
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Academie Julien, Paris, France
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1918 - 1919 |
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Draftsman for U.S. Navy
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1975 |
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Died on January 19th in Kansas City, MO
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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Paradigms and the Unexpected: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Shey Collection, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL
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2007
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Modernisms, Whitney Museumof Art, New York
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2007
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Leaving a Mark: The Winston and Ada Eason Collection, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK
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2006
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The John and Mary Lou Pacton Collection, Nevada Museum of Art NMA, Reno, NV
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2006
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A Celebration of New Yorks, Georgie O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM
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2005
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The Modern West: American Landscapes, 1890-1950
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2004
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Spirit of a Nation, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
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2004
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Coming Home, First Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
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2003
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Gadgets and Gizmos, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
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2003
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Bridging the Border: Shared Themes in Mexican and US Art 1900-1950, Davis Museum and Cultural Center-Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
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2002
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The History of American Printmaking, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
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2001
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Art for the Masses-Associated American Artist Prints, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
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2001
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Past Present Future-Notions of Time in Twentieth-Century Art, Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
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2001
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Eye of Modernism, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM
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2000
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Elements of the north American Landscape, Works on Paper from the AMAM, The Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH
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1999
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America at Work 1945, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
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1926
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Exhibition of Portraits of New England Characters.
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| Literature |
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1939
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Thomas Hart Benton, by Thomas Craven, published by Associated American Artists.
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