Artists

Standing on scaffolding, paintbrush in hand, Thomas Hart Benton dabs paint on an Indian in the mural "Independence and the Opening of the West" he is painting in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Missouri. Printed from slide no. 15 (SL2512) of 22 original slides copied and returned to the photographer. From: Charles Shangler. Please credit Charles Shangler as the photographer.

Thomas Hart Benton adds more paint to his paintbrush as he works on the mural "Independence and the Opening of the West" he is creating in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Missouri. Printed from slide no. 17 (SL2514) of 22 original slides copied and returned to the photographer. From: Charles Shangler. Please credit Charles Shangler as the photographer.

With paintbrush in hand, Thomas Hart Benton applies paint to the mural, "Independence and the Opening of the West," he is creating in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Missouri. Printed from slide no. 16 (SL2513) of 22 original slides copied and returned to the photographer. From: Charles Shangler. Please credit Charles Shangler as the photographer.

Standing on scaffolding, Thomas Hart Benton dips his paintbrush into a jar of paint as he works on an Indian in the mural "Independence and the Opening of the West" he is painting in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Missouri. Printed from slide no. 14 (SL2511) of 22 original slides copied and returned to the photographer. From: Charles Shangler. Please credit Charles Shangler as the photographer.

Standing on scaffolding, paintbrush in hand, Thomas Hart Benton works on an Indian in the mural "Independence and the Opening of the West" he is painting in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Missouri. Printed from slide no. 13 (SL2510) of 22 original slides copied and returned to the photographer. From: Charles Shangler. Please credit Charles Shangler as the photographer.

Standing on scaffolding, paintbrush in hand, Thomas Hart Benton works on an Indian in the mural "Independence and the Opening of the West" he is painting in the lobby of the Truman Library, Independence, Missouri. Printed from slide no. 10 (SL2507) of 22 original slides copied and returned to the photographer. From: Charles Shangler. Please credit Charles Shangler as the photographer.

Standing on scaffolding, paintbrush in hand, Thomas Hart Benton works on an Indian in the mural "Independence and the Opening of the West" he is painting in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Missouri. Printed from slide no. 12 (SL2509) of 22 original slides copied and returned to the photographer. From: Charles Shangler. Please credit Charles Shangler as the photographer.

Standing on scaffolding, paintbrush in hand, Thomas Hart Benton works on an Indian in the mural "Independence and the Opening of the West" he is painting in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Missouri. Printed from slide no. 11 (SL2508) of 22 original slides copied and returned to the photographer. From: Charles Shangler. Please credit Charles Shangler as the photographer.

Pipe in hand, Thomas Hart Benton steps back to gain perspective on the mural "Independence and the Opening of the West" he is in the process of painting in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Missouri. Printed from slide no. 9 (SL2506) of 22 original slides copied and returned to the photographer. From: Charles Shangler. Please credit Charles Shangler as the photographer.

Pipe in hand, Thomas Hart Benton steps back to gain perspective on the mural "Independence and the Opening of the West" he is in the process of painting in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Missouri. Printed from slide no. 8 (SL2505) of 22 original slides copied and returned to the photographer. From: Charles Shangler. Please credit Charles Shangler as the photographer.