7Benton&Truman

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

Researching Midwest Presidents introduced me to "regionalist" artists Grant Wood (Iowa resident who painted Hoover's birthplace), John Stuart Curry (Kansas and Wisconsin) and Missouri's Thomas Hart Benson. When choosing a muralist for his library, Truman inevitably had to consider Benson, who could be a curmudgeonly as Truman was straight-laced.