![]() ![]() ![]() In Benton’s pictorial universe, it is through songs-and paintings of songs-that stories are told and history is recorded.īenton also actively collected, performed, recorded, and distributed popular music. Leo Mazow’s presentation explores songs as subject matter in the art of the American Regionalist painter, muralist, printmaker, and educator Thomas Hart Benton (1889–1975). Many of the artist’s most important paintings depict musical performance and passages from folk songs like “John Henry,” “Wreck of the Old ’97,” and “Frankie and Johnnie.” With them, he found a means to preserve a quickly vanishing past. Please join us in welcoming them to Books in Bloom and the Ozarks!ġ2:30 PM – 1:25 PM Leo Mazow Leo Mazow Thomas Hart Benton: Painting the Sound Our Books in Bloom authors will be available for book signing and conversation before and after their presentations. ![]() We look forward to seeing you there, rain or shine! Attend the Literary Event of the Season – The 11th Annual Books in Bloom Literary Festival: a Celebration for Writers and Readers will be held on Sunday, May 15, 2016, at The 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. ![]()
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