Thomas Hart Benton (painter)
Thomas Hart Benton 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.
Benton in 1935
Camouflage pattern of the British ship S.S. Alban as documented by Thomas Hart Benton
People of Chilmark (Figure Composition), 1920, in the Hirshhorn Museum collection in Washington, D.C.
In 1924, Benton depicted three landmarks in New York City's Madison Square within his painting New York, Early Twenties.
A mural is any piece of graphic artwork that is painted or applied directly to a wall, ceiling or other permanent substrate. Mural techniques include fresco, mosaic, graffiti and marouflage.
Ceiling painting, by Jean-André Rixens. Salle des Illustres, Le Capitole, Toulouse, France
Prehistoric Egyptian mural painted on a Nekhen tomb wall c. 3,500 B.C. with aspects in the Gerzeh culture style
Jataka tales from the Ajanta Caves, present-day Maharashtra, India, 7th century CE.
Murals from the 16th century at the St. Lawrence Church of Lohja