The front porch of the Benton home in Kansas City, Missouri.
The Benton garden near the artist's studio, which is a converted garage.
Thomas Hart Benton as portrayed by local Kansaas City historian Bill Worley.
Benton was a harmonica player and developed his own harmonica musical notation.
Benton's most famous student was Jackson Pollack. Benton himself was not a fan of abstract art.
Some of the artist's materials and a gridded "carton" for a larger painting.
A large selection of Benton's paint brushes.
Several of Benton's palettes and other personal effects.
Benton discussing Persephone, one of his most famous paintings, now owned by the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and on display in the recently redesigned American gallery.
Benton's last painting, "The Source of Country Music." The artist passed away on January 19, 1975 in his studio while working on it.
