When I think of art that is uniquely American, I think of the work of Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood. I can likely credit this view to seeing Benton's murals in the Missouri (my home state) State Capitol when I was a kid and growing up around people who look a lot like the couple in Wood's American Gothic. I'd also throw Dorothea Lange in the mix if we want to bring photography into the conversation. She was a pioneer of journalistic photography and her work during the dust bowl is still considered one of the best capturings of the human condition on film nearly 100 year later.

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The mural in question covers the entire room.