"If nothing else," says Burns, "Thomas Hart Benton is a hell of a good story ... where he persevered as an impoverished painter for more than a decade but found his "regionalist" roots.

An archived version of a November 1969 Kansas City Star article on Thomas Hart Benton, the famed painter who sketched scenes from the sidelines of Chiefs games and practices. Kansas City Star ...

And as uncompromising as the Midwestern landscapes and laborers they celebrated. Thomas Hart Benton depicted a self-reliant America emerging from the Depression. Ken Burns tells the bittersweet ...