8Persephone

Sun, 19 Mar 2023 18:02:53 -0500

Here is an example of the problem. Nobody thinks of it when they first see this but it could be said that it is about the change of seasons. Persephone (the title) is taken to the underworld by Hades (who resembles Benton himself) but reappears in spring, often bearing grain stalks. This hangs in Kansas City's Nelson-Atkins museum among very few regionalists, who now are out of favor. They even make sophisticated commentators uncomfortable. Anyway, Truman and Benton learned to get along and Benton completed a giant mural for the Museum.