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Earl Bennent: Benton's Work

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Earl Bennent talks about the beauty in Benton's work.

General Motors Corporation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; PBS; Equitable Financial Companies; the National Endowment for the Humanities; Jules and Doris Stein Foundation; Gerald and Virginia Oppenheimer
Extras
For more than seventy years Thomas Hart Benton painted America's towns and its people.
Thomas Hart Benton was born in Neosho, Missouri, into family of politicians.
Benton was commissioned to paint a mural depicting the social history of Missouri.
Dan James discusses Benton's "He-man" persona.
The bittersweet story of an extraordinary American artist.
The bittersweet story of an extraordinary American artist.