Artist in America, T H Benton, 1937, Robt NcBride

Description: Artist in America, T H Benton, 1937, Robt NcBride - 1st edition (stated) - loaded with 64 "two-color" illustrations on heavy art paper. - 6.25 x 9.25 x 1.65 inches approx.; hdbk; 276 pages. - Binding/covers very strong/robust...probably by library. from Internet:Controversial, flamboyant, contentious, brilliantThomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) was certainly all of those. Few American artists have stirred so much love and hatred as he did in a career that lasted almost seventy years. Although his painting aroused much controversy, perhaps equally as much was created by his words, for his piercing wit, profane sarcasms, and insightful condemnations were fired off without restraint. In this fiery and provocative autobiography, Benton presents an intriguing records of American art and society during his lifetime.The first installment of this work was published in 1937, but Benton continued his life story in chapters added to editions published in 1951 and 1968. Although Benton is most famous as a regionalist painter and muralist, his complex and fascinating career brought him into contact with many of the most important artists and thinkers of the century, including Jackson Pollock, Grant Wood, Julian Huxley, Felix Frankfurter, Eugene Debbs, John Reed, and Harry Truman. While living in New York and on Martha's Vineyard in the 1920s and 1930s, Benton often associated with leading intellectuals and radicals. However, when his evolving principles of art led him away from an interest in Marxism, he was bitterly attacked by many of his former friends, and his account of that time reveals strikingly the fierce critical battles he faced in trying to establish his own artistic vision.Critics on the Left were not his only opponents, however, and equally revealing are his responses to the moral condemnations heaped on his murals done for the states of Indiana and Missouri and on his realistic nudes of the late 1930s.Throughout his account, from descriptions of his boyhood in southwest Missouri, his travels, and his career to discussions of specific works of art and other artists, Benton portrays people and events as vividly in words as he does in his paintings. Condition:Very Good Condition for this vintage 1st edition Art & History book. Cover shows minor wear with spine tanning, bumped corners, rubbed edge, and faded lettering. Approx. 4-5 library stamps randomly through book. Hinges/binding are strong/tight. No age-tanning to pages. A few small oil/glue stains in interior, not distracting. lnterior is otherwise clean, with no tears, folds, or marks found.

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