depression-era art. thomas hart benton 1889-1975 missouri artist advocate of “regionalism”...
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Thomas Hart Benton
• 1889-1975• Missouri artist• advocate of “Regionalism”• self-proclaimed “enemy of
Modernism”• felt that art should be socially relevant• tried to capture “pioneer spirit” of
American laborers and farmers
Dorothea Lange
• 1895-1965• devoted to photographing the
dispossessed and downtrodden with intense compassion.
• often worked with sociologist Paul Taylor
• part of Farm Security Administration’s photo project
Edward Hopper
• 1882-1967• American art should remain free
of European influences• paintings often depict scenes of
urban isolation and are concerned with individual psychology