Missouri Masters: Thomas Hart Benton meets Mark Twain in a stunning exhibit at The State Historical Society.

From: Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO) | Date: June 11, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Lynn Israel

Jun. 11--Paint a picture in your mind and envision two of Missouri's famous sons on a sunny porch: Thomas Hart Benton with his shock of black hair and unruly mustache sharing his thoughts, maybe even barbs, with Mark Twain, resplendent with his white, wild hair and wilder wit.

It was a meeting never destined to happen, except a and this is a huge exception a on the pages of Twain's great opus, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."

This week, Benton's energetic pen and ink illustrations, created for Samuel Clemens' literary masterpiece, await public ...

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