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Thomas Hart Benton
American, 1889–1975
Threshing is based on an oil and egg tempera painting made by Thomas Hart Benton in 1938–1939, titled Threshing Wheat. Like the painting, the print shows a favorite subject of Benton’s: the evolution of the landscape as agricultural practices became mechanized, transforming the landscape of family farms into agribusinesses. The rolling hills under cultivation suggest small-scale farming; it contrasts with the broad, flat lands that were more conducive to large machines like the mechanical thresher.
Benton is one of the best-known of the American Regionalist painters, a style that was widely influential and successful into the mid-20th century. Regionalist painters like Benton embraced the imagery of the American Scene endorsed by the Federal relief agencies, fully engaged with the patriotic intent of praising the traditional histories of America as a great, prosperous society and world power.
American, 1889–1975
Threshing
1941
Object Type:
Print
Dimensions:
9 5/16 x 13 13/16 in. (23.65 x 35.08 cm)
Medium and Support:
Lithograph on paper
Accession Number:
1999.0007.0154
Credit Line:
Gift of Jean K. Weil in memory of Adolph "Bucks" Weil, Jr.
Copyright:
© T.H. Benton and R.P. Benton Testamentary Trusts/UMB Bank Trustee/Licensed by ARS, New York, NY
Threshing is based on an oil and egg tempera painting made by Thomas Hart Benton in 1938–1939, titled Threshing Wheat. Like the painting, the print shows a favorite subject of Benton’s: the evolution of the landscape as agricultural practices became mechanized, transforming the landscape of family farms into agribusinesses. The rolling hills under cultivation suggest small-scale farming; it contrasts with the broad, flat lands that were more conducive to large machines like the mechanical thresher.
Benton is one of the best-known of the American Regionalist painters, a style that was widely influential and successful into the mid-20th century. Regionalist painters like Benton embraced the imagery of the American Scene endorsed by the Federal relief agencies, fully engaged with the patriotic intent of praising the traditional histories of America as a great, prosperous society and world power.
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