Thomas Hart Benton's Year of Peril: An Epic Vision Created in Kansas City
The State Historical Society of Missouri
Steve Sitton, director of the Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio Historic Site in Kansas City, will present an illustrated lecture on Benton’s World War II paintings on display through September 15 in SHSMO’s exhibit 1942: Thomas Hart Benton’s Year of Peril. The pictures were painted within a four-month period n Kansas City, and Sitton will consider them in the context of Benton’s life and political background in Missouri.
- Event Information
- Type: Classes and Lectures
- Minimum age: None
- Cost: Free
- Location: Columbia Research Center
- Event Times
- Saturday, Aug. 25, 1:30 p.m.
- Contact Information
- Dr. Joan Stack, 573-882-9368
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