Peerless Thomas Hart Benton collection commands attention at Circle Auction, Dec. 2KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An extraordinary collection of works by American Regionalist Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) will be offered at Circle Auction on Saturday, December 2. Featuring more than 110 paintings and works on paper, the Campanella collection is the most extensive single-owner collection of Benton’s artworks outside the Benton Trust. Absentee and Internet live […]
The Hot Bid: ‘The Race’ is on for Thomas Hart Benton lithoWhat you see: The Race, a 1942 Thomas Hart Benton lithograph based on his oil painting titled Homeward Bound. Swann Auction Galleries estimates it at $10,000 to $15,000.
School’s Thomas Hart Benton painting on loan to Kansas City museumKANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Thomas Hart Benton painting that once hung on the library wall at Shawnee Mission North High School will be on view in late April at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Utah Highlands, with vivid yellow trees spread across rolling green hills, was purchased from Benton in 1957 by students as […]
School conceals whereabouts of Thomas Hart Benton paintingOVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) – A Thomas Hart Benton painting given to a suburban Kansas City school in the 1950s has been a cause of concern for years as its value continues to grow but it is stored out of public view. Some former students who remember donating the painting want to know where it’s […]