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Benton Exhibits Art from "The Roaring Twenties"

Millionaires and Mechanics, Bootleggers and Flappers: Speaking of The Great Gatsby is being presented in conjunction with the book selected for the second annual UConn Reads program, The Great Gatsby.  In keeping with The Roaring Twenties theme, characterized by lavish living, widespread urbanization, and dizzying modernity, this exhibition features early 20th-century works that give form to the era of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel. Featured works include paintings by Reginald Marsh and Everett Shinn, photographs by Paul Strand, and prints by Peggy Bacon and Edward Hopper. 

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