John Steuart Curry

(1897–1946) American painter (1897-1946)

John Steuart Curry (USA, 1897–1946) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, John Steuart Curry belongs to the chapter ‘The interwar years’ in this site’s history of art.

John Steuart Curry was born in Dunavant and died in Madison. John Steuart Curry trained at Kansas City Art Institute, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Geneva College. Wikidata associates John Steuart Curry with Regionalism. John Steuart Curry became a member of American Academy of Arts and Letters.

One of the best-known works is ‘Erosion and Dust’. The catalogue has 12 works by John Steuart Curry with free images. The dated works span the years 1928–1942. Works by John Steuart Curry are held by several collections, among them Metropolitan Museum of Art, Muskegon Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, and Smithsonian American Art Museum. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The interwar years’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Otto G. Carlsund, Wolfgang Willrich, Teresa Żarnowerówna, Karoly Grosz, and Jevgenij Golysjev.

• The interwar years
• Tornado Over Kansas