I learned that Thomas hart Benton was always moving around as a child and the only way he could escape was to draw. He drew what a lot of people were scared to, he drew the sadness in the world and he was most famous for his mural America today which was about the great depression. He inspired and a lot of other artists. he also always stayed to his home roots. I liked that he had a lot of different colors in his paintings which made his paintings different from others.