John Steuart Curry

E190491
human muralist painter

John Steuart Curry was an American painter best known for his dramatic, socially conscious depictions of rural Midwestern life during the early 20th century.

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John Steuart Curry canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
muralist ⓘ
painter ⓘ
awardReceived Guggenheim Fellowship ⓘ
burialPlace Winchester, Kansas ⓘ
contributedTo development of American Regionalism in the 1930s ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1897-11-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1946-08-29 ⓘ
depicts American farmers ⓘ
extreme weather in the Great Plains ⓘ
religious revivals in rural America ⓘ
rural life in the Midwest ⓘ
educatedAt Académie Julian ⓘ
Art Institute of Chicago ⓘ
Kansas City Art Institute ⓘ
employer University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ
familyName Curry ⓘ
fieldOfWork mural painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
genre history painting ⓘ
landscape art ⓘ
social realism ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
influencedBy Grant Wood ⓘ
Thomas Hart Benton ⓘ
middleName Steuart ⓘ
movement American Regionalism ⓘ
Regionalism ⓘ
name John Steuart Curry self-link ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableFor depictions of rural Midwestern life ⓘ
dramatic, socially conscious paintings ⓘ
notableWork Baptism in Kansas ⓘ
The Line Storm ⓘ
Tornado Over Kansas ⓘ
Tragic Prelude ⓘ
Wisconsin State Capitol ⓘ
surface form: Wisconsin State Capitol murals
occupation muralist ⓘ
painter ⓘ
partOf trio of leading American Regionalist painters ⓘ
placeOfBirth Dunavant, Kansas ⓘ
placeOfDeath Madison, Wisconsin, United States ⓘ
surface form: Madison, Wisconsin
placeOfOrigin Kansas ⓘ
positionHeld artist in residence at University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Clara Derrick Curry ⓘ
workLocation Kansas ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ

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American Regionalism → notableArtist → John Steuart Curry ⓘ
Regionalism → hasNotableProponent → John Steuart Curry ⓘ
subject surface form: Regionalism (art movement)
Baptism in Kansas → creator → John Steuart Curry ⓘ
John Steuart Curry → name → John Steuart Curry self-link ⓘ