Thomas Hart Benton in his studio next to his home at ... century since Benton was propelled into fame in 1934 when his self-portrait was featured on the cover of Time magazine and since he rarely ...

Although he'd been to soirées in "Paree" and New York's Stork Club, American artist and muralist Thomas Hart Benton played a harmonica and reveled in his self-honed image as a hard-drinking ...

And as uncompromising as the Midwestern landscapes and laborers they celebrated. Thomas Hart Benton depicted a self-reliant America emerging from the Depression. Ken Burns tells the bittersweet ...