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The Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio State Historic Site is a state park and recreation area in Kansas City, Missouri. It is best noted for its association with the famous Missouri artist, Thomas Hart Benton.

Benton is best noted for his work as a painter and muralist. Alongside Grant Wood and John Steuart, he was also one of the forerunners of the Regionalist art movement. He was a Missouri native, from an influential family who had ties in politics.

Visitors of the Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio State Historic Site can get to know the artist through tours of his house and studio. It was preserved and kept the way it was left when Benton died in January 19, 1975.
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