Artists

President Harry S. Truman (right) poses next to the bust that artist Felix de Weldon (left) created.

Andre Planson, Artist, paints scene in Boi de Bologne, Paris, France. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-1947 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) sits in his office at his home. Painter Thomas Hart Benton (right) is sketching Mr. Truman for his painting "The Old President." Similar to 72-315 through 72-322. From: Truman Home.

On Harry S. Truman's 75th birthday, artist Thomas Hart Benton (right) presents Mr. Truman a sketch of the Indian, the basis of the drawing appearing in the left center of the Benton mural in the Harry S. Truman Library museum entrance. Same as 96-432.

Artist Matthew Monks on the lawn of the White House, sketching the South Portico for a watercolor. Mr. Monks also did a watercolor of the Truman home. He is the Director of Graphics at Vile-Gollier, a Kansas City printing firm. From: Matthew Monks.

Artist Matthew Monks, who has been sketching the Truman house at 219 N. Delaware from inside on the lawn, holds up one of his sketches. Mr. Monks is Director of Graphics at Vile-Gollier, a Kansas City printing firm. See also 85-67 for a black and white photograph of the watercolor he produced. Mr. Monks also donated a black and white transparency of 85-27, which is filed in the oversize negative file. From: Matthew Monks

Artist Matthew Monks sketching the exterior of the Truman house at 219 N. Delaware, from the lawn inside the fence. Mr. Monks is Director of Graphics at Vile-Gollier, a Kansas City printing firm. See also 85-27, for black and white photograph of the watercolor he produced. Mr. Monks also donated a black and white transparency of 85-27 which is filed in the oversize negative file. From: Matthew Monks

Group of people at former President Harry S. Truman's birthday luncheon, with Truman Library Director Dr. Philip C. Brooks (third from right), artist Thomas Hart Benton (second from the left), and Mr. George Docking (second from the right). Others are unidentified.

Martha Ellen Truman, former President Harry S. Truman's mother, sits in a chair outdoors, possibly at her home in Grandview, where she is having her portrait painted this date. Sitting at left is her daughter, Mary Jane Truman, and sitting at right is the unknown female artist. From: Truman Home.

Martha Ellen Truman, President Harry S. Truman's mother, sits in a chair outdoors, possibly at her Grandview home, while her portrait is being painted by an unknown woman artist. From: Truman Home.