Feb 25, 2010 · Thomas Piacenza Benton, son of the world-renowned artist Thomas Hart Benton, died at his home in Acton on Feb. 14. T.P., as he was called, was 83. A remarkable musician, T.P. was portrayed in a number of his father’s paintings.

Accompanied by the American Chamber Music Group, T.P. played flute and Benton played harmonica. Daughter, Jesse, was born in 1939. She married Mel Lyman, a musician and controversial founder of the Fort Hill Community in Boston. The Bentons were married for nearly fifty-three years.

Jun 21, 2022 · Rita and Jessie played guitar, T. P. played the flute, and Tom was a skilled harmonica player, even developing his own notation system. Saturday Night at Tom Benton’s, a record released by Decca in 1942, features Tom and T. P. playing music with their friends.

Jun 1, 2020 · Tom Benton loved music and loved to entertain in his Kansas City, Missouri home; he often hosted Saturday night musical gatherings where he played the harmonica, his wife Rita played the guitar, and his son TP played the flute.

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. The fluid, sculpted figures in his paintings showed everyday people in scenes of life in the United States.

Feb 14, 2010 · T.P. attended the University of Chicago, but was forced to leave at the age of 18 when drafted into the Army during the Second World War. He performed overseas with a military band and later played with Artie Shaw’s band. In 1945, his father portrayed T.P. in a life-sized portrait, The Flute Player.

Sep 1, 2004 · Thomas Hart Benton brought this essay, both an obituary and a biography of a dog named Jake, to the office of the Vineyard Gazette in August 1946 and asked editor Henry Beetle Hough whether he cared to publish it.

Nov 3, 2024 · View THE FLUTE PLAYER by Thomas Hart Benton on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by Thomas Hart Benton.

Thomas Hart Benton was an American painter and muralist, and one of the central figures associated with the Regionalist art movement of the 1930s. Together with John Steuart Curry and Grant Wood, he championed realist modern art that …

Apr 15, 2016 · Thomas Hart Benton was one of the best known American artists of the early and middle 20th century, and he was a leading member of the art movement known as Regionalism. Regionalist art...