100+ Paintings by American Regionalist Artist Thomas Hart Benton Offered in the Campanella Collection Sale

The Campanella Collection of Original Works by Thomas Hart Benton is an upcoming sale available from Circle Auction. The event offers more than a hundred paintings and sketches by American Regionalist artist Thomas Hart Benton. Leading the sale is Wyoming Hay, painted between 1963-64 by Benton. It is an oil on board grisaille study also featured as an illustration in Matthew Baigell’s book Thomas Hart Benton (Harry Abrams, New York, 1974, image 208). The painting is housed in a fine-glazed silver-leaf frame. Thomas Hart Benton (Missouri, 1889 – 1975) grew up in a politically affluent family. His career, however, took an unexpected turn towards art. Good or bad, he never shied away from politically and socially controversial topics. His paintings feature reformers, women and men, working against segregation and poverty. His paintings are progressive and reform-oriented, representing Indiana’s history.

Another striking painting by Thomas Hart Benton available in this auction is Character Study of an Old Woman. It is a 1926 oil on canvas. Benton journeyed through the country with his pencil and brush to an eagerly responsive public. His atmospheric drawings and paintings, with their swinging rhythms and spirited compositions, demonstrated the real artistic vitality of American life, like the offered paintings. View the complete catalog of The Campanella Collection of Original Works by Thomas Hart Benton and find other online auctions by visiting Bidsquare.