A hidden gem of Kansas City's historic Roanoke neighborhood, the Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio takes you back in time to the place Benton lived, worked and died.
In late 1955, a private club hired painter Thomas Hart Benton to create a small mural for its Kansas City meeting space. A photographer spent several months photographing Benton at work. Most of the negatives stayed out of sight until now.
Nick Vedros didn’t know what to expect when his uncle, Michael Mardikes, handed him a box of photo negatives. What he found inside took his breath away.