About
Painter and muralist of the Regionalist art movement whose works included "America Today" and "Indiana Murals." He favored scenes of the American Midwest, South, and West.
Before Fame
He attended the Art Institute of Chicago and the Academie Julian in Paris. He was profoundly influenced by the Synchromism of Stanton Macdonald-Wright.
Trivia
He taught Jackson Pollock at the Art Students League of New York.
Family Life
He married Italian immigrant Rita Piacenza in 1922; together, they had a son, Thomas Piacenza Benton, and a daughter, Jessie Benton.
Associated With
He met Diego Rivera while studying in Paris.
