Noon

The artwork Noon is a painting by Thomas Hart Benton, created in 1943. The painting depicts a rural scene with a farmer and two mules in a field. The farmer, wearing overalls and a straw hat, carries a bucket and walks beside the two mules hitched to a plow. The trio is positioned near a lone tree in the foreground, with the field they are working stretching out behind them. The field appears recently plowed, with rows of turned earth visible. In the background, a farmhouse sits nestled among trees. The colors in the painting are muted and earthy, giving the scene a sense of peaceful realism.