HIS DAYS IN NORFOLK FOREVER COLORED ARTIST'S WORK MURALIST THOMAS HART BENTON FOUND A NEW PERSPECTIVE WHILE SERVING IN NAVY.(DAILY BREAK)

From: The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) | Date: November 1, 1997 | Copyright information

Byline: Larry Maddry

DEE ARDREY is an art doctor.

If a painting, sculpture or furnishing at the the Chrysler Museum can be rolled into her studio, she is ready and willing to treat the patient. She's the museum's conservator.

When I dropped by her studio last week, she had a mural by Thomas Hart Benton set up on her operating table.

Benton (1889-1975) is an American original who did about as much to celebrate the uniqueness of our country - particularly its heartland - as any artist to grasp a brush.

He came from a distinguished Missouri family - his ...

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