... was in Massachusetts. This is where Thomas and Rita had a little summerhouse, where they spent many summers. Here Thomas forged his own conceived style. In the painting there is a double portrait of Thomas Hart Benton and his wife Rita. I describe the painting to be a cross between a portrait and a scene from everyday life. The painting's genre is a figure composition because the way he has positioned his characters. In the picture the family on the right side of the picture are pulling a rope but you can see their expression because they are not in focus. Everything else is not in focus except the man and wife, which have a lot of detail. The painting is arranged with the 'artist' the man in the centre to show importance and his wife off to the right a bit but no too much because she is ...

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