Thomas Hart Benton Photos

Paintings by Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) an American mural painter from Missouri who featured the settlement of the American prairies.

See also: President Harry Truman Museum, Artist Index
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Mural 1958-61 by Thomas Hart Benton relates Missouri history in entrance lobby of Truman Museum.

Indians & traders swap goods on mural by Thomas Hart Benton at Truman Museum.

Indians with peace pipe plust bow & arrows on mural by Thomas Hart Benton at Truman Museum.

Cow skull detail of mural by Thomas Hart Benton at Truman Museum.

Settlers moving west by wagon train details of mural by Thomas Hart Benton at Truman Museum.

Trapper loading flintlock on mural by Thomas Hart Benton at Truman Museum.

Black blacksmiths featured on mural by Thomas Hart Benton at Truman Museum.

Preparing wagon train to move across Missouri prairies on mural by Thomas Hart Benton at Truman Museum.

River steamboat loading with goods section of mural by Thomas Hart Benton at Truman Museum.

Horses drawing wagon detail of mural by Thomas Hart Benton at Truman Museum.

Horses & oxen section of mural by Thomas Hart Benton at Truman Museum.

Haywagon moves through village of mural by Thomas Hart Benton at Truman Museum.


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