Landscape

Thomas Hart Benton

ca. 1920 · Oil on paper · Modern and Contemporary Art

This colorful depiction of a coastline represents Benton’s initial response to the environs of Martha’s Vineyard, where he and his family summered with friends frequently. The painter imagined the place to be an otherworldly utopia, removed from banal concerns of everyday modern life.

Artist

Thomas Hart Benton

Date

ca. 1920

Medium

Oil on paper

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler, 2020