Painting of Kathleen Curry
Type:Painting
Year:1935
Size:28.00" x 22.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Unsigned
John Steuart Curry ART FOR SALE
1897 Dunavant, Kansas - 1946 Madison, Wisconsin. Known for: Rural genre, landscape and figure painting, regionalism.
Born in Dunavant, Kansas on November 14, 1897, John Steuart Curry became the youngest member of the famed "Benton-Wood-Curry trio" of Regional Painters of the early 20th-century American Scene... Read full biography
Born in Dunavant, Kansas on November 14, 1897, John Steuart Curry became the youngest member of the famed "Benton-Wood-Curry trio" of Regional Painters of the early 20th-century American Scene movement. He gained national reputation for his Kansas rural scenes of people terrorized by natural... Read full biography
Born in Dunavant, Kansas on November 14, 1897, John Steuart Curry became the youngest member of the famed "Benton-Wood-Curry trio" of Regional Painters of the early 20th-century American Scene movement. He gained national reputation for his Kansas rural scenes of people terrorized by natural phenomena such as tornadoes, drab farm-house living conditions, religious gatherings such as prayer meeting and baptisms, and spirited animals who got out of control. A good example of his weather-related... Read full biography
Born in Dunavant, Kansas on November 14, 1897, John Steuart Curry became the youngest member of the famed "Benton-Wood-Curry trio" of Regional Painters of the early 20th-century American Scene movement. He gained national reputation for his Kansas rural scenes of people terrorized by natural phenomena such as tornadoes, drab farm-house living conditions, religious gatherings such as prayer meeting and baptisms, and spirited animals who got out of control. A good example of his weather-related painting was Tornado Over Kansas, 1929, in the collection of the Muskegon Museum of Art in Muskegon, Michigan. In this scene, a family scurries for shelter, trying to outrun a funnel cloud headed for their home. The mother carries her baby, and the... Read full biography
Born in Dunavant, Kansas on November 14, 1897, John Steuart Curry became the youngest member of the famed "Benton-Wood-Curry trio" of Regional Painters of the early 20th-century American Scene movement. He gained national reputation for his Kansas rural scenes of people terrorized by natural phenomena such as tornadoes, drab farm-house living conditions, religious gatherings such as prayer meeting and baptisms, and spirited animals who got out of control. A good example of his weather-related painting was Tornado Over Kansas, 1929, in the collection of the Muskegon Museum of Art in Muskegon, Michigan. In this scene, a family scurries for shelter, trying to outrun a funnel cloud headed for their home. The mother carries her baby, and the children rescue pets and toys. It was later said that Curry never directly experienced a tornado but had many scares fro... Read full biography
John Steuart Curry - Art for Sale (7 available)
Study for "Prize Stallions"
Type:Drawing
Year:1937
Size:12.00" x 17.00"
Medium:Conte Crayon
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Signed and annotated lower right "John Steuart 1937 / To Chris and Cara Christensen 1937 / John & Kathleen"
Holy Rollers (Gospel Train)
Type:Print
Year:1930
Size:9.00" x 13.00"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Lower Right
Edition:23/25
Notes:
Edition 23/25. Signed lower right: "John Steuart Curry '30"
Morning (Brown Thrush on Osage Branch…)
Type:Painting
Year:1936
Size:27.00" x 43.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Unsigned
Notes:
Titled, signed and dated lower right "Morning / John Steuart Curry / 1936"
Morning II (Sunrise Over Kansas)
Type:Painting
Year:1941
Size:37.00" x 60.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Hounds Catching Coyote
Type:Print/graphic art
Year:1931
Size:10.50" x 14.25"
Medium:Lithograph
Signed:Lower Right
Men at Work (farmers)
Type:Painting
Size:13.25" x 29.50"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed
Notes:
Nicely framed and shipping is included in price