Thomas Hart Benton (painter)
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His work was required for several reasons: to ensure that U.S. ship painters were correctly applying the camouflage schemes, to aid in identifying U.S. ships that might later be lost, and to have records of the ship camouflage of other [[Allies of World War I|Allied]] navies. Benton later said that his work for the Navy "was the most important thing, so far, I had ever done for myself as an artist."''An Artist in America'', Thomas Hart Benton, University of Missouri Press, p. 44 |
His work was required for several reasons: to ensure that U.S. ship painters were correctly applying the camouflage schemes, to aid in identifying U.S. ships that might later be lost, and to have records of the ship camouflage of other [[Allies of World War I|Allied]] navies. Benton later said that his work for the Navy "was the most important thing, so far, I had ever done for myself as an artist."''An Artist in America'', Thomas Hart Benton, University of Missouri Press, p. 44 |
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[[File:Thomas Hart Benton - People of Chilmark (Figure Composition) 1920.jpg|thumb|''[[People of Chilmark]] (Figure Composition)'', 1920, in the [[Hirshhorn Museum]] collection in Washington, D.C.]] |
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==Marriage and family== |
==Marriage and family== |
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