点评:Thomas Hart Benton, the Missouri painter, not to be confused with Thomas Hart Benton, the Missouri politician who played a major role in our country's Western expansion, was at the forefront of the regionalist art movement in which the fluid, sculpted figures of his paintings showed everyday people in scenes of life in the United States. Hart's life is present in both his home and his paintings and both are preserved at the Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio State Historic Site in Kansas City. Located at 3616 Belleview Avenue, in the city's Roanoke Park neighborhood, it was established in 1977 and is preserved as Benton left it when he died on January 19, 1975, at age 86. The late-Victorian home, with its fortress-like appearance, is about 7,800 square feet on 3 1/2 floors, containing 24 rooms, four fireplaces on three chimneys and a full-finished basement. It offers a glimpse into how the renowned painter, sculptor, muralist, printmaker, lecturer and writer lived and worked. Benton converted half of his carriage house into his art studio, which also remains as he left it. Thirteen of Benton's original works of art are on display. Visitors can still see coffee cans full of paint brushes, numerous paints and a stretched canvas waiting to be transformed into another one of his masterpieces. He is best known for his murals, including "Lincoln" and "Independence and the Opening of the West" and "The Arts of Life in America" and "The Sources of Country Music," which he completed shortly before his death. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
翻译:密苏里画家托马斯·哈特·本顿(Thomas Hart Benton,不要与在国家西部扩张中扮演重要角色的密苏里州政治家托马斯·哈特·本顿混淆)是地域主义艺术运动的先驱,他画作中流畅而富有雕塑感的人物形象展现了美国普通民众的生活场景。哈特的生平在他的故居和画作中均有体现,而这两处都保存在堪萨斯城的托马斯·哈特·本顿故居及工作室州立历史遗址中。该遗址位于罗阿诺克公园社区贝尔维尤大道3616号,始建于1977年,并按照本顿于1975年1月19日去世时的原貌保存至今。这座维多利亚晚期风格的住宅外观如同堡垒,占地约7800平方英尺,共三层半,包含24个房间、三个烟囱上的四个壁炉以及一个设施齐全的地下室。这里展现了这位著名画家、雕塑家、壁画家、版画家、讲师和作家的生活和工作场景。本顿将他马车房的一半改造成了艺术工作室,至今仍保留着他生前的原貌。十三件本顿的原创作品在此展出。参观者仍然可以看到装满画笔的咖啡罐、琳琅满目的颜料以及一块绷好的画布,等待着被他创作出另一幅杰作。他最著名的作品是壁画,包括《林肯》、《独立与西部开发》、《美国生活艺术》以及在他去世前不久完成的《乡村音乐的源泉》。该遗址于1980年被列入国家史迹名录。