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Born November 14, 1897 • Kansas • (Birthday tomorrow)
Died August 29, 1946 (aged 48) • Madison • Wisconsin
Movement / Style Social Realism

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Justice of the Pains: The Movement Westward, mural by John Steuart Curry, 1936; in the U.S. Department of Justice Building (Robert F. Kennedy Building), Washington, D.C.
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Benton, Thomas Hart
Thomas Hart Benton
American painter
Ben Shahn, 1966.
Ben Shahn
American artist
Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock
American artist
Elaine and Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning
Dutch-born American painter
Portrait of John Singer Sargent in profile, wearing a suit and tie, facing to the right with a trimmed beard and short hair.
John Singer Sargent
Italian-born American painter
Charles Alston
Charles Alston
American painter, sculptor, and illustrator
Woodruff, Hale
Hale Woodruff
American painter, draftsman, printer, and educator
Trumbull, John
John Trumbull
American painter
Winold Reiss
Winold Reiss
German-born American artist
Aaron Douglas
Aaron Douglas
American artist
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Elizabeth Murray
American painter
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Sam Francis
American artist
Emanuel Leutze: Washington Crossing the Delaware
Emanuel Leutze
German-born American painter
La Farge, John: Flowers on a Japanese Tray on a Mahogany Table
John La Farge
American painter
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Anna Lea Merritt
American artist
Philip Guston
Philip Guston
American painter
Cox, Kenyon: U.S. Navy recruitment poster
Kenyon Cox
American painter
Lancelot and Guinevere
N.C. Wyeth
American artist
self-portrait by Grant Wood
Grant Wood
American artist
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Jack Levine
American artist

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