Artist

John Steuart Curry

born Dunavant, KS 1897-died Madison, WI 1946
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John Steuart Curry in his studio at work on State Fair, Westport, Connecticut, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0001431
Also known as
  • John Curry
Born
Dunavant, Kansas, United States
Died
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Active in
  • Westport, Connecticut, United States
Biography

Like Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry was a major American scene painter of the 1930s. His subjects were taken from American history and his most famous mural, The Tragic Prelude (1938–40), is in Topeka at the Kansas State Capitol.

Joan Stahl American Artists in Photographic Portraits from the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection (Washington, D.C. and Mineola, New York: National Museum of American Art and Dover Publications, Inc., 1995)

Works by this artist (7 items)

Homer Dodge Martin, Upper Ausable Lake, 1868, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans, 1909.7.44
Upper Ausable Lake
Date1868
oil on canvas
On view
Homer Dodge Martin, The Iron Mine, Port Henry, New York, ca. 1862, oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans, 1910.9.11
The Iron Mine, Port Henry, New York
Dateca. 1862
oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard
On view
Homer Dodge Martin, Wild Coast, Newport, ca. 1885-1895, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.6.72
Wild Coast, Newport
Dateca. 1885-1895
oil on canvas
Not on view
Henry Wolf, Homer Dodge Martin, Old Normandy Bridge, 1903, wood engraving on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.130.201
Old Normandy Bridge
Date1903
wood engraving on paper
Not on view