Thomas Hart Benton

UMB lawyers said the allegations lack context and the bank used an appropriate standard of care in its role as a trustee of Benton’s vast art holdings.

The Missouri artist’s descendants charge that UMB Bank, Benton estate trustees, mismanaged artwork in its care, even selling pieces without permission and below their true value.

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A hidden gem of Kansas City's historic Roanoke neighborhood, the Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio takes you back in time to the place Benton lived, worked and died.

UMB alleged that Benton’s heirs made false accusations to media outlets that the bank failed to keep proper records, sold Benton artworks below their market value, engaged in improper self-dealing and in general mismanaged the Benton estate.

With over 200 murals spanning the walls, sidewalks, streets and bridges of the metro, Kansas City is as much The City of Murals as it is The City of Fountains.

For decades, exclusive photos of the famed Kansas City painter at work in his Kansas City studio sat in a box completely hidden from view of the public until now.

Missouri Governor Mike Parson's State of the State address outlined the challenges for Missourians in 2021 and a trove of photographs depicting Thomas Hart Benton in his Kansas City studio was recently discovered.

In late 1955, a private club hired painter Thomas Hart Benton to create a small mural for its Kansas City meeting space. A photographer spent several months photographing Benton at work. Most of the negatives stayed out of sight -- until now.

Even in its early stages, the legal fight between the heirs of famed Kansas City artist Thomas Hart Benton and UMB Bank is shaping up as a battle…

The heirs of famed Kansas City artist Thomas Hart Benton are suing UMB Bank, claiming it mismanaged his estate, failed to track and maximize the value of…

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