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John Steuart Curry Biography
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1897 |
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Born in Dunavant, KS
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1916 |
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Attended the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
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1916 - 1918 |
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Attended the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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1918 |
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Attended Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA
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1919 |
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Began studying in the studio of Harvey Dunn, Tenafly, NJ
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1926 |
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Spent a year studying with the Russian Academician Vasily Shukhayev in Paris, France
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1936 |
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Artist in Residence, Agricultural College, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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After Many Springs, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
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1998
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John Steuart Curry: Inventing the Middle West, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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1979 - 1980
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100 Artists 100 Years: Alumni of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Centennial Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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1970
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John Steuart Curry: A Retrospective Exhibition, University of Kansas Museum of Art, Topeka, KS (solo)
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1969
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John Steuart Curry, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI (solo)
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1956
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John Steuart Curry: A Retrospective Exhibition, Joe and Emily Lowe Art Center, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY (solo)
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1951
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The 75th Anniversary Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture by 75 Artists associated with the Art Students League of New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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1944
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Romantic Painting in America, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1931
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John Steuart Curry: Recent Paintings, Ferargil Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
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Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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