Born in Neosho, Missouri, on April 15, 1889 was Thomas Hart Benton. Now you may think who is this Thomas you speak of, not like there isn't enough people with that name in the world already, but anyway Thomas Hart Benton was a famous painter/muralist. He was most known for having a big impact in the regionalism art period. Regionalism was a movement where the artist would not concentrate on the new technological developments at the time and focus more on rural life. Benton's art was based on the common worker or regular life of people of his time. His art was said to "make common people heroes." His artwork also was focused on the "good" and "bad" people. He would have villans in his paintings and Thomas did not like them since they took adavantage of people. Although his art seems very powerful and meaningful of course there were people that thought it was too outspoken and that he looked into politics too much.
For more about Thomas Hart Benton's life visit : http://shs.umsystem.edu/famousmissourians/artists/benton/benton.shtml#legacy
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