Art Reproductions Achelous and Hercules, 1947 by Thomas Hart Benton (Inspired By) (1889-1975, United States) | WahooArt.com

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"Achelous and Hercules"

Thomas Hart Benton (i) - Oil On Canvas (i) - 671 x 159 cm - 1947 - Regionalism (i)
Thomas Hart Benton recreates the event of the battle between Achelous and Hercules in his own modern mid-wet setting, depicting Hercules as a shirtless and muscular man wearing jeans, holding a bull by its horns. The bull signifies the river god Achelous as they both signify irrigation and vegetation. As in Mythological tradition, Deianira, Hercules’ wife who they are fighting over, sits in anticipation for the Bull’s horn. Amongst them are other people, presumably workers on the farm, in the background we see a barn and a silo. The painting was commissioned to be hung at Harzfeld's department store in Kansas City. The painting shared space with nighties and perfume. The Painting had a more social context as it reflected the theme of "watery disaster" regarding the water management in the Depression and Post-Depression period. After the store closed, it was gifted to the Smithsonian through the company’s institution's Collections Acquisition Program.






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