Barns, Cows, Tractors, Horses, Hay & Farmers - Exhibition and Audio Tour
While not traditionally thought of as subjects for art, farming and agricultural scenes can portray an intriguing story about nature and humanity. Celebrating agriculture through art, Barns, Cows, Tractors, Horses, Hay, and Farmers focuses on paintings, prints, and sculptures from the museum’s collection. Instead of depicting landscapes devoid of human presence, these works of art reflect humanity’s imprint on the land in various ways.
01 - Marguerite Zorach, Farther
Marguerite Thompson Zorach was born in Santa Rosa, California in 1887 and grew up in Fresno. Zorach started to draw at a very young age and her parents provided her with an education heavily influenced by the liberal arts.
02 - Thomas Hart Benton, Island Hay
American painter and muralist Thomas Hart Benton was born in Neosho, Missouri, in 1889. Benton attended The Art Institute of Chicago in 1907 after he finished schooling at the Western Military Academy.
03 - Harrison Groutage, View of Smithfield
Harrison Groutage was born in Richmond, Utah, in 1925. He studied at Utah State University and Weber State University, receiving a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and a masters in fine arts from University of Utah.
04 - Luis Jiménez, Sod Buster
Luis Jiménez, a first-generation American, was born in El Paso, Texas, in 1940. He studied and worked most of his life in the southwest region of the United States and described his roots as being partly in Mexico and partly in Texas.
05 - Karen Carson, Big Red
Karen Carson was born in Corvallis, Oregon, in 1943. She received her BA from University of Oregon, Eugene, and her Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of California, Los Angeles.
06 - Adam Bateman, Flock
Born in 1974 in Ogden, Utah, Adam Bateman is an artist, writer and curator. He received a BA in English and Spanish at Brigham Young University and an MFA in sculpture from Pratt Institute, New York.