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

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 “real” 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.