portrait of an elderly man with thick, short white hair and double chin, looking and turned slightly toward PL; man wears a grey jacket and vest, green necktie and white shirt; dark grey ground

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Portrait of Judge Brown Harris, 1944

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After dabbling in many styles including Impressionism and Abstraction, Thomas Hart Benton chose American Regionalism, in which he became a key figure. American Regionalism is a style and subject matter uniquely and intentionally American: it portrays the laboring class of society, local characters, and the American scenes of rural life and ordinary people. Judge Brown Harris was a circuit judge in Kansas City, Missouri, for 24 years. A decade after the sitter’s death in 1948, this portrait was installed in the courtroom over which the judge had presided.

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Title
Portrait of Judge Brown Harris
Artist Life
1889–1975
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2015.82.1
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portrait of an elderly man with thick, short white hair and double chin, looking and turned slightly toward PL; man wears a grey jacket and vest, green necktie and white shirt; dark grey ground

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