Tom Keefer

1929–1974

92 lithographs, 1929–1974

From 1929 to 1974 Benton produces 92 lithographs in editions ranging from 2 to 500; the signed, limited-edition lithographs are sold at five dollars each through the Associated American Artists Galleries in New York.

1935–1941

Employed by: Kansas City Art Institute

10. Juli 1939

Daughter born: Jessie Benton

1939–1944

Illustrates Twain and Steinbeck

Creates illustrations for Mark Twain's “Tom Sawyer” (1939), John Steinbeck's “The Grapes of Wrath” (1940), Twain's “Huckleberry Finn” (1941) and “Life on the Mississippi” (1944).

1940

An artist on the set of “The Long Voyage Home”

Hired, along with eight other prominent American artists, to document dramatic scenes and characters during the production of the film The Long Voyage Home, an adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's plays.

1942

A harmonica album for Decca Records

An accomplished harmonica player, he records the album “Saturday Night at Tom Benton's” for Decca Records.