Artists

A young lady in Victorian dress holds a parasol over the head of Former President Harry S. Truman as he participates in Thomas Hart Benton Day in Neosho, Missouri. A crowd can be seen in the background.

Charles Banks Wilson (left), Thomas Hart Benton(center), and former President Harry S. Truman stand before a portrait of Thomas Hart Benton painted by Wilson. They are attending the celebration, Thomas Hart Benton Day, in Neosho, Missouri.

Sculptor Alvin T. Marriott (right) presents a bust of Franklin D. Roosevelt to Major General Edwin Watson, a military aide to President Roosevelt.

Former Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (left) and Greta Kempton (second from left) pose with three unidentified men next to Mr. Hannegan's portrait at its unveiling in New York. Ms. Kempton painted the official portrait.

Left to right: Unidentified man, Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson, artist Greta Kempton, and Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder. This event is an unveiling of the Greta Kempton portrait of Jesse Donaldson. The painting was a gift to Donaldson from the National Association of Postmasters.

Thomas Hart Benton is shown presenting former President Harry S. Truman a sketch of the Indian appearing in the left center of the mural in the Harry S. Truman Library. This sketch will be used on a commemorative stamp for Mr. Truman's 87th birthday. Mr. Truman's elaborate birthday cake is also shown in the photo. Same as 2009-1202.

Greta Kempton gazes at the painting of John W. Snyder which she did in 1948. From: John W. Snyder Papers.

Bess Truman and Greta Kempton (right) look at Ms. Kempton's painting of President Truman at the opening of Ms. Kempton's one-woman show at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. (See also 88-30, 78-533, and 87-160.) From: Truman Home.

At the dedication of a bust of Secretary of State Dean Acheson at the Harry S. Truman Library are left to right: Chief Justice Earl Warren, former President Harry S. Truman, former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Oscar Chapman, and Sculptor Eleanor Platt.

President Harry S. Truman (third from right)and Bess Wallace Truman (second from right), with Adelaide Johnson (in wheelchair), a Washington artist and sculptress who was personally acquainted with President Lincoln, during ceremonies at the Lincoln Memorial commemorating Lincoln's Birthday. On the right is Admiral Robert Dennison. All others are unidentified.