John Steuart Curry

American, 1897-1946

BiographyJohn Steuart Curry was an American artist born in Kansas. Living
within and beyond the American Midwest during his lifetime, Curry
worked in multiple mediums. He is most famous as a major American
Regionalist painter, though his engagement with Regionalism included
other forms such as printmaking.
After brief stint at the Kansas City Art Institute, Curry studied at Art
Institute of Chicago and Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
He worked as a commercial illustrator before moving to Paris to further
his art education. His career as an artist included time spent working
and teaching in New York City, Kansas, and Wisconsin, along with
work under the Federal Arts Project in Washington D.C.

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