John Steuart Curry (1897-1946) American, 1942 Lithograph, "Our Good Earth". Signed in pencil lower right. Published by Associated American Artists (label verso). Born in rural Dunavant, Kansas, John Stuart Curry's career as an artist spans only two decades from 1924, when he first exhibited at the National Academy of Design in New York, until his death in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1946. They were however, decades that shook the foundation of American life and art. Defined by the Great Depression and the country's entry into World War II, they were years of upheaval that would reshape the economic, political, and social structure of the nation and challenge the spiritual and moral grounding of all humanity. As a product of the Middle West, Curry was an artist of these times who was raised by a family of devout Scottish Calvinists who struggled in the face of the nation's economic ruin and social upheaval to find meaning in religious faith. Curry elevated the rural Midwestern landscape to a higher level of discourse - to a consideration of social and spiritual values. At its best Curry art has the power to transcend region, and that, in the end, is what makes it such a revealing window into a time and a place.
Overall Size: 20 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.
Sight Size: 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.
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Overall Size - 20 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.