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Title
Print: Our Good Earth
Description
  • A print of a brawny farmer standing in a wheat field on a windy day, flanked by a young girl and boy and grasping three wheat stalks in his right hand. His head is turned toward his left. Two buildings and a windmill are visible on the right horizon behind the figures. Dimensions are 12-3/4" x 10-1/8".
  • Coverage/Spatial likely in relation to Iowa.
Interpretation
Curry's earliest ambition was to be an artist. After studies at the Kansas City Art Institute and the Art Institute of Chicago he worked as an illustrator. He studied for one year in Paris, then the University of Wisconsin-Madison hired him as Artist in Residence in an effort to encourage the people of rural Wisconsin to cultivate their creative spirits. Like his fellow American Regionalist or American Scene painters such as Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood, Curry depicted what he knew best: rural and small town Midwestern scenes. Man in nature was a consistent theme of his paintings, murals and prints. Curry often drew on memories of his childhood. His subjects reassuerd the public during the hard times of the Depression.
Lesson Plans / Themes
  • American Communities in History  
  • How We Learn About Communities  
Learning Standards
  • 25-27 Fine Arts  
  • 18 Social Systems  
  • 16 History  
Author or Creator
Curry, John Steuart, 1897-1946  
Source
Purchased by Lakeview Museum with funds given in memory of Mary Harris  
Subject / Keywords
  • Childhood and youth  
  • Children  
  • Farm life  
  • Farmers  
  • Curry, John Steuart, 1897-1946  
  • American Regionalism  
  • Landscape  
  • Lithographs  
  • Prints  
Spatial Coverage
Iowa  
Temporal Coverage
1942
Collection Publisher
Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences
Rights
Copyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifier
LVM1999.016
Date Created
37476
Collection Title
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
Collection
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
TitlePrint: Our Good Earth
Description
  • A print of a brawny farmer standing in a wheat field on a windy day, flanked by a young girl and boy and grasping three wheat stalks in his right hand. His head is turned toward his left. Two buildings and a windmill are visible on the right horizon behind the figures. Dimensions are 12-3/4" x 10-1/8".
  • Coverage/Spatial likely in relation to Iowa.
InterpretationCurry's earliest ambition was to be an artist. After studies at the Kansas City Art Institute and the Art Institute of Chicago he worked as an illustrator. He studied for one year in Paris, then the University of Wisconsin-Madison hired him as Artist in Residence in an effort to encourage the people of rural Wisconsin to cultivate their creative spirits. Like his fellow American Regionalist or American Scene painters such as Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood, Curry depicted what he knew best: rural and small town Midwestern scenes. Man in nature was a consistent theme of his paintings, murals and prints. Curry often drew on memories of his childhood. His subjects reassuerd the public during the hard times of the Depression.
Lesson Plans / Themes
  • American Communities in History  
  • How We Learn About Communities  
Learning Standards
  • 25-27 Fine Arts  
  • 18 Social Systems  
  • 16 History  
Author or CreatorCurry, John Steuart, 1897-1946  
SourcePurchased by Lakeview Museum with funds given in memory of Mary Harris  
Subject / Keywords
  • Childhood and youth  
  • Children  
  • Farm life  
  • Farmers  
  • Curry, John Steuart, 1897-1946  
  • American Regionalism  
  • Landscape  
  • Lithographs  
  • Prints  
Spatial CoverageIowa  
Temporal Coverage1942
Collection PublisherLakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences
RightsCopyright Not Evaluated
Resource IdentifierLVM1999.016
Date Created37476
Collection TitleTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
CollectionTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)

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