2011-2016 Resource Library articles and essays with the topic "American Scene Painting and Regionalism"
(above: Thomas Hart Benton, Achelous and Hercules, 1947, tempera and oil on canvas mounted on plywood, 62.8 x 264.1 inches, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Introduction
This section of the Traditional Fine Arts Organization (TFAO) catalogue Topics in American Art is devoted to the topic "American Scene Painting and Regionalism." Clicking on titles takes readers directly to the articles and essays. The date at the end of each title is the date of publication in Resource Library.
Our 8 articles and essays honoring the American experience through its art:
Chasing Daylight: Philip Latimer Dike, 1927-1943; essay by Sara Molina (9/30/13)
Modern Dialect: from the John & Susan Horseman Collection (8/21/13)
California Scene Paintings from 1930 to 1960 (4/15/13)
Roger Medearis: His Regionalism (6/18/12)
An American Gothic; essay by Lee Plested (2/3/11)
(above: Thomas Hart Benton, Poker Night (from A Streetcar Named Desire), Whitney Museum of American Art. Source: Sharon Mollerus. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
(above: Thomas Hart Benton, Noon, tempera and oil on board, 55.9 x 71.1 cm, Sotheby's. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
(above: Thomas Hart Benton, People of Chilmark, 1920, oil on canvas, 65.5 x 77.6 inches, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
(above: Millard Owen Sheets (1907-1989), San Dimas Train Station, 1933, Watercolor on paper, 15" x 22." The Hilbert Collection)
(above: Dong Kingman, Coastline, California, c. 1935-41, 15.7 x 22 inches, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1985.8.9. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
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