Eunice Leopold papers relating to Benton Spruance

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Eunice Leopold papers relating to Benton Spruance

1958-2000

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Included are letters to Eunice Leopold (1958-1986) concerning loans and gifts of prints by Benton Spruance; a letter from Henri Marceau to Spruance (1963), a letter from Ludwig Bemelmans (1958); letters to Leopold from Spruance (1961- 1967); sound recordings containing a Spruance lecture on prints and printmaking; printed matter relating to Spruance's career including exhibition catalogs, invitations, announcements, typed essays and news clippings; and photographs depicting Spruance's mural for the Home of Detention Chapel, Philadelphia, Pa.

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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,...

Leopold, Eunice Robinson, 1916-2001

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Leopold: collector and friend of Spruance. Spruance: painter and printmaker; Pennsylvania. Spruance is known especially for color lithography. Studied Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; taught at Philadelphia College of Art and Beaver College, Jenkintown, Pa.; b. 1916; d. Mar. 12, 2001, at age 84; full name Eunice Robinson Leopold. From the description of Eunice Leopold papers relating to Benton Spruance, 1958-2000. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 12255713...