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The Kentuckian is a 1954 painting by American artist Thomas Hart Benton. It is based on a scene from the film The Kentuckian, where the backwoodsman Big Eli Wakefield (played by Burt Lancaster) and his son Little Eli (played by Donald MacDonald) encounter a frontier village.
Aug 27, 2020 · By using a baroque compositional device, the diagonal position of the boy and dog, Benton places greater emphasis on the dynamic vitality of the Kentuckian. The painting shares characteristics with Benton’s later easel portraits, such as New England Editor (1946) and Portrait of a Musician (1949).
In this painting the Kentuckian becomes the archetypal frontiersman leading his family to the golden land in the West. The Kentuckian heads toward the unseen village, located somewhere ahead in a sunny valley. He strides forward, high on a hill against a cloudfilled sky.
The Kentuckian is a 1955 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Burt Lancaster, who also starred. This was one of only two films Lancaster directed (the other was The Midnight Man), and the only one for which he has sole credit. It was Walter Matthau's film debut.
May 31, 2011 · Thomas Hart Benton’s monumental painting The Kentuckian depicts the protagonists of the 1954 movie The Kentuckian, directed by Burt Lancaster.
THOMAS HART BENTON (1889-1975) Burt Lancaster as "The Kentuckian". signed and dated 'Benton '54' (lower right) oil on gessoed canvas laid down on masonite. 13 1⁄4 x 12 3⁄4 in. (33.7 x 32.4 cm.) Painted in 1954.
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