Thomas Hart Benton

America Today is a mural comprising ten canvas panels, painted with egg tempera in 1930–1931 by the American painter Thomas Hart Benton. It provides a panorama of American life throughout the 1920s, based on Benton's extensive travels in the country. Originally commissioned for The New School for Social Research building at 66 West 12th Street, it has belonged to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York, since 2012.