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Davenport, IA 52804-4520
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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
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FeaturedKansas State University
701 Beach Lane
Manhattan, KS 66506Art Institute of Chicago, AIC
111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603-6110Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery
401 N 1st Street
P.O. Box 348
Lindsborg, KS 67456-0348Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art
575 "E" Street
David City, NE 68632Butler Institute of American Art
524 Wick Avenue
Youngstown, OH 44502Canton Museum of Art
1001 Market Avenue North
Canton, OH 44702Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
600 Museum Way
Bentonville, AR 72712Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens
829 Riverside Avenue
Jacksonville, FL 32204Dubuque Museum of Art
701 Locust Street
Dubuque, IA 52001Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia
The University of Georgia
90 Carlton Street
Athens, GA 30602-6719Hutchinson Art Center
405 N. Washington
Hutchinson, KS 67501Joslyn Art Museum
2200 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68102Kansas State Capitol
10th And Jackson
Topeka, KS 66612McNay Art Museum
6000 North New Braunfels Avenue
San Antonio, TX 78209-0069Mead Art Museum, Amherst College
Amherst College
Po Box 5000
Amherst, MA 01002Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Minnesota Museum of American Art
350 Robert Street North
St. Paul, MN 55101Museum of Art at Brigham Young University
North Campus Drive
Box 23300
Provo, UT 84602-1400Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115Muskegon Museum of Art
296 West Webster
Muskegon, MI 49440National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 410
Washington, DC 20001Pensacola Museum Of Art, University of West Florida
407 S. Jefferson St
Pensacola, FL 32502Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives
Po Box 7646
Philadelphia, PA 19101Phoenix Art Museum
1625 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004-1685Portland Art Museum, Oregon
1219 Sw Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery
1030 Columbia Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711Saint Louis Art Museum
Forest Park
One Fine Arts Drive
St. Louis, MO 63110San Diego Museum of Art
Balboa Park, 1450 el Prado
Po 122107
San Diego, CA 92101Sheldon Museum of Art
12th &Amp; R Streets
Lincoln, NE 68588-0300Spencer Museum of Art
University of Kansas
1301 Mississippi Street
Lawrence, KS 66045-7500Swope Art Museum
25 South Seventh Street
Terre Haute, IN 47807The Columbus Museum (COMU)
1251 Wynnton Road
Columbus, GA 31906The Grace Museum
102 Cypress Street
Abilene, TX 79601The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5401 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102The University of Arizona Museum of Art
1031 N. Olive Road
Tucson, AZ 85721-0002U.S. Department of the Interior Museum
1849 C Street N.W.
MS 1251-MIB
Washington, DC 20240Ulrich Museum of Art
1845 Fairmount, McKnight Center
Wichita State University (Box 46) (Box 46) (Box 46)
Wichita, KS 67260-0046University of Michigan Museum of Art, UMMA
525 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1354University of Wyoming Art Museum
Centennial Complex
2111 Willett Drive
Laramie, WY 82071Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
401 Museum Drive
Hagerstown, MD 21741-0423Weisman Art Museum
The University of Minnesota
333 East River Road
Minneapolis, MN 55455Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014