Jackson Pollock (seated R) sitting on the steps of painter Thomas Hart Benton’s summer home with Rita Benton (white hat) and author Coburn Gilman (standing) in 1937. Alfred Eisenstaedt / Time Life Pictures via Getty Images
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Students sketching in Thomas Hart Benton’s studio class at the Kansas City Art Institute, 1939. photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt © Time Inc.
