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Who painted it?
Who painted “Achelous and Hercules”?
“Achelous and Hercules” was painted by Thomas Hart Benton in 1947. Where to see it: Smithsonian American Art Museum.
What to look for
Regionalism: rural America in rounded, simplified, sometimes stylised forms and clear colour; Social Realism shows the same era's hardships with sharper political criticism.
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. Wikipedia
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More by Thomas Hart Benton
- “People of Chilmark (Figure composition)”, 1920
- “Self-Portrait with Rita”, 1924
- “Louisiana Rice Fields”, 1928
- “Poker Night (from A Streetcar Named Desire)”, 1948
- “Bubbles”
- “American Discovery Viewed by Native Americans”
- “Chilmark Landscape”, 1922
- “House in Cubist”