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Ajax by John Steuart Curry

Ajax

John Steuart Curry · 1936

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Artist
John Steuart Curry
Date
1936
Location
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Culture
United States
ART MOVEMENTS
Social Realism
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THE ARTIST

John Steuart Curry

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

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