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Thomas Hart Benton
Painting America
Thomas Hart Benton painted America. For more than seventy years he painted its cities and small towns, its farms and backwoods. He painted its people, too: faith healers and lovers, politicians and soda jerks, farmers and movie stars.
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The bittersweet story of an extraordinary American artist.