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Thomas Hart Benton

1889 - 1975

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Thomas Hart Benton (April 15, 1889 – January 19, 1975) was an American painter, muralist, and printmaker. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Hart Benton has received more than 28,356 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Thomas Hart Benton is the 1,839th most popular painter (down from 1,568th in 2019), the 7,731st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,880th in 2019) and the 105th most popular American Painter.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 4.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Thomas Hart Benton ranks 1,839 out of 2,023. Before him are Joseph Stella, Ásgrímur Jónsson, William Powell Frith, Blanka Teleki, Kiki Kogelnik, and Thomas Hudson. After him are Oldřich Lajsek, Kiki Smith, Viktor Madarász, Olaf Gulbransson, Georgina de Albuquerque, and Pedro Figari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Thomas Hart Benton ranks 245. Before him are Alberto Ohaco, Tom Naudé, Hans Beyer, Emma Asson, Charles Darrow, and Teresa de la Parra. After him are Nezihe Muhiddin, Efrem Zimbalist, Arthur Hohl, Lajos Asztalos, Tryggvi Þórhallsson, and Vilho Väisälä. Among people deceased in 1975, Thomas Hart Benton ranks 211. Before him are Tommy Green, Toti Dal Monte, Ali Sastroamidjojo, Arthur Bliss, Erico Verissimo, and Otto Winzer. After him are Nils Eriksen, Pyotr Novikov, Andrzej Mostowski, Alice Catherine Evans, Viktor Anichkin, and Paul Peter Meouchi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas Hart Benton ranks 7,731 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Camp (1961), Chuck Cooper (1926), Margaret O'Brien (1937), Ken Starr (1946), Ted McGinley (1958), and Zoot Sims (1925). After him are Rita Gam (1927), Otto Kruger (1885), John Bray (1875), Chet Miller (1902), Jacqueline Logan (1904), and Tom Lehrer (1928).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Thomas Hart Benton ranks 105. Before him are Katherine Sophie Dreier (1877), John Marin (1870), Charles Dana Gibson (1867), Alice Neel (1900), Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849), and Marsden Hartley (1877). After him are Charles Willson Peale (1741), Jim Dine (1935), Edward Hicks (1780), Edward Ruscha (1937), Edward Henry Potthast (1857), and Thomas Pollock Anshutz (1851).

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