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Tornado Over Kansas by John Steuart Curry

Tornado Over Kansas

John Steuart Curry · 1929

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DETAILS
Artist
John Steuart Curry
Date
1929
Location
Muskegon Museum of Art
ART MOVEMENTS
Social Realism
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John Steuart Curry

John Steuart Curry captured the dramatic spirit of rural America, from Kansas tornadoes to abolitionist John Brown.

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