Latitudes: Light & Lines in the Work of Anthony Benton Gude & Thomas Hart Benton

by Heather Sellers

This publication seeks to further the scholarship on the art and legacy of the Benton family by exploring the landscape paintings of Thomas Hart Benton and his grandson Anthony Benton Gude. Although the American tradition of capturing magnificent vistas can be traced back many centuries, Gude, and his grandfather before him, brings a deeply personal connection to the land. This beautifully illustrated tome presents fresh analysis of the landscape paintings of Benton and the recent series of Rocky Mountain views by Gude. In its spotlight on the ÒrealÓ America, the authors of Latitudes reveal the nostalgia for an American past and a reverence for its present. From the formidable heights of the mountains to the fragile buds of summer flowers, both artists successfully express how, in a derisory moment, all may be lost. The explorations of the artists and the fervent lengths both have gone to capture the inner serenity and the vastness of the U.S. is a testament to American art.

74 pages, Paperback

Published August 28, 2010

About the author

Heather Sellers has a PhD in English/Creative Writing from Florida State University. She’s a professor of English at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, where she teaches poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction writing courses. She won an NEA grant for fiction and her first book of fiction, Georgia Under Water, was part of the Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers program.