Spruance, Benton, 1904-1967

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Benton Spruance was an American artist and educator. Born and educated in Philadelphia, he displayed an early aptitude for graphic sketching. He became a pioneer in color lithography, and is remembered as an expert technician with an artistic eye; he was also an accomplished painter. His subject matter generally ranged through social, religious, and mythological subjects, as well as landscapes. He also had a long career in education, chiefly at Beaver College and the Philadelphia College of Art, and served on the Philadelphia Arts Commission for many years.

From the description of Benton Spruance letters to Francis Hyslop, 1955. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 62590103

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referencedIn Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries records Archives of American Art
creatorOf Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970. Art collected by John Dos Passos [manuscript]. 1912-1962. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Spruance, Benton, 1904-1967. Benton Spruance letters to Francis Hyslop, 1955. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Spruance, Benton, 1904-1967. [Benton Spruance collection] -- 1928-1968. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
creatorOf Spruance, Benton, M., 1904-1967. Benton M. Spruance : artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990 [graphic] [compiled by staff of The Museum of Modern Art, New York]. Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection
creatorOf Spruance, Benton, 1904-1967,. Landscape with figures [graphic] / B.S. Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn Print Club (Philadelphia, Pa.). Archives, 1915-1985. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
creatorOf Adolf Dehn papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn William Dolan Fletcher papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Spruance, Benton, 1904-1967. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
referencedIn Adolf Dehn papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Eunice Leopold papers relating to Benton Spruance Archives of American Art
creatorOf Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries records Archives of American Art
creatorOf Spruance, Benton, 1904-1967. [Moby Dick illustrations] [picture] / B.S. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Spruance, Benton, 1904-1967 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Carl Zigrosser papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Spruance, Benton, 1904-1967. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1930-1971, n.d. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Emerson, Edith, 1888-1965. Margaret Gest autograph album, 1966. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Bethers, Ray, 1902-. Ray Bethers papers, 1949-1950. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn American Federation of Arts records Archives of American Art
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referencedIn Oral history interview with Peter Paone Archives of American Art
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associatedWith American Federation of Arts. corporateBody
associatedWith Bethers, Ray, 1902- person
associatedWith Cuno, Theodore, person
associatedWith Dehn, Adolf, 1895-1968. person
associatedWith Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970. person
associatedWith Fletcher, William Dolan. person
associatedWith Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries. corporateBody
associatedWith Free Library of Philadelphia. Print and Picture Collection. corporateBody
associatedWith Hyslop, Francis E. (Francis Edwin), 1909-1979, person
associatedWith Leopold, Eunice. person
associatedWith Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. person
associatedWith Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Paone, Peter, 1936- person
associatedWith Philadelphia Art Alliance. corporateBody
associatedWith Print Club (Philadelphia, Pa.) corporateBody
associatedWith Spruance, Winifred. person
associatedWith Zigrosser, Carl, 1891- person
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Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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Art, American
Art, American
Art
Artists
Barns
Farming
Lithography, American
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Artists
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Birth 1904

Death 1967

Americans

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