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John Steuart Curry (1897-1946)

Birth place: Dunavant, KSDeath place: Madison, WIAddresses: Westport, CT, 1924-36; Madison, WIProfession: Painter, lithographer, sculptor, illustratorStudied: Kansas City AI, 1916; AIC, 1916-18, with E.J. Timmons and John W. Norton; Geneva College, PA, 1918-19; Harvey Dunn; Schoukhaieff's Russian Academy, in Paris, 1926-27; Norton Reynolds.Exhibited: Corcoran Gal, 1928-45, 1957; WMAA, 1928-45; PAFA, 1929-45; NYC, 1930; Northwest PM, 1933 (prize); CI, 1933 (prize); AIC.Member: ANA, 1937; NA, 1943; ASL.Work: AIC; Wichita Art Mus., Kansas; WMAA; MMA; AGAA; Univ. Nebraska, Lincoln; Hackley Art Gal., Muskegon, MI; Phillips Academy, Andover. WPA murals: The Tragic Prelude," Kansas State Capitol at Topeka; Kansas State College, Manhattan; Dept. Justice Bldg. and Dept. Interior Bldg, Washington, DC; Norwalk, CT, City Hall (formerly Norwalk H.S.)"Comments: Began as an illustrator, 1919-26. Important Regionalist painter (along with Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood) who believed art should grow out of everday experience and be understandable to a large audience. Painted murals for WPA and traveled with the Ringling Brothers in 1932, producing a series of circus paintings. John Stueart Curry is best known, however, for his rural landscapes and storm scenes. His paintings often are informed by an underlying religious theme. Position: teacher, ASL, 1932-36; artist-in-residence, Agricultural College, Univ. Wisconsin, 1936-46.Sources: WW40; Baigell, Dictionary; Joseph S. Czestochowski, John Steuart Curry and Grant Wood: A Portrait of Rural America (Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1981); M. Sue Kendall, Rethinking Regionalism, John Steuart Curry and the Kansas Mural Controversy Washington, D.C., 1986; Irma Jaffe, Religious Content in the Art of John Steuart Curry," Winterthur Portfolio, 1987; P&H Samuels, 118-119; Art in Conn.: Between World Wars."

This biography is drawn from the 'Who Was Who in American Art'

"Stallion and Jack Fighting "

Lithograph, 1943

11.75 x 15.5

Edition: 250,

Pencil signed

Matted

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"The Plainsman"

Lithograph

15.5 x 9.5

Edition: AAA, 250

Pencil signed

Matted/Framed

Price: $2,800.00

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