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Aug 16

Aug 16 local color :: thomas hart benton's vineyard narrative

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When Arts & Ideas Magazine asked Chris Morse, owner of the Granary Gallery, to curate a best of Benton lithographs, naturally Morse selected works celebrating the Island, “The images may not be identifiable as a particular field, or view, but there’s a recognizable Vineyard narrative.” We share Morse's top four here. To view the fifth, and to read about each work, we encourage you to download the article. Link below.

Click here to download the pdf.

Works from Thomas Hart Benton are on view year-round at The Granary Gallery in West Tisbury.