Earl Bennett on Benton's Work | Ken Burns: Thomas Hart Benton

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Keywords
Thomas Hart Benton Earl Bennett Ken Burns Regionalist art Regionalism American Regionalism realist art art movements muralist American Midwest Great Depression Ken Burns America WETA
Subjects
Drawing and Painting History-Social Science The Arts
Grade Levels
Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Earl Bennett on Benton's Work | Ken Burns: Thomas Hart Benton

Earl Bennett, a former student of Thomas Hart Benton, talks about the beauty in Benton's work. Benton found and painted the beauty that he saw in the everyday things. For example, his paintings might be of an old farmer, hogs, a beat-up steamboat, cotton pickers, minstrals, and more.
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