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Print: Our Good Earth

Print: Our Good Earth


Title	Print: Our Good Earth
Coverage / Year	1942; Iowa (probably)
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".
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	How we learn about communities; American communities in history;
Learning Standards	16 History; 18 Social Systems; 25-27 Fine Arts;
Author or Creator	Curry, John Steuart, 1897-1946
Source	Purchased by Lakeview Museum with funds given in memory of Mary Harris
Subject / Keywords	Prints; Lithographs; Landscape; American Regionalism; Curry, John Steuart, 1897-1946; Farmers; Farm life; Children; Childhood & youth
Collection Publisher	Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences
Further Information	For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project.
Rights Management Statement	http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm
Resource Identifier	LVM1999.016
CONTENTdm file name	624921782002_Curryprint.jpg

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