
31 Oct 1989

Thomas Hart Benton
Thomas Hart Benton's paintings were energetic and uncompromising. Today his works are in museums, but Benton hung them in saloons for ordinary people to appreciate.
The life and work of the legendary Francisco Ibáñez, brilliant cartoonist, creator of Clever & Smart and many other characters through whom he has portrayed Spanish society for over seven decades, with wild humor, subtle cruelty and much tenderness.
Self - Writer
Self - Singer
Self - Comedian
Self - Filmmaker
Self - Actor
Self - Actor / Cartoonist / Comic Collector
Self - Singer
Self - Comic Historian
Self - Psychiatrist / Comic Scholar
Self - Bruguera Publishing House Editor
Self - José Escobar's Grandson
Self - Comic Museum Curator
Self - Ibáñez's Editor
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Self - Announcer (voice) (archive footage)
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Self - Cartoonist (archive footage)
31 Oct 1989
Thomas Hart Benton's paintings were energetic and uncompromising. Today his works are in museums, but Benton hung them in saloons for ordinary people to appreciate.
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