Audiovisual Collection, 1957 - 2006. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman, 1957 - 2004. Thomas Hart Benton Sketches an Elderly Harry S. Truman, 1971.

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Audiovisual Collection, 1957 - 2006. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman, 1957 - 2004. Thomas Hart Benton Sketches an Elderly Harry S. Truman, 1971.

1971

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Former President Harry S. Truman (left) is seated in his office at his home, reading. Painter Thomas Hart Benton (right) is sketching Mr. Truman for his painting "The Old President".

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Harry S. Truman Library

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Harry S. Truman Library

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Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975

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Thomas Hart Benton (April 15, 1889 – January 19, 1975) was an American painter and muralist. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement. The fluid, sculpted figures in his paintings showed everyday people in scenes of life in the United States. His work is strongly associated with the Midwestern United States, the region in which he was born and which he called home for most of his life. He also studied in Paris, lived in New York City f...