Looks at paintings by the Kansas artist
John Steuart Curry and Grant Wood: A Portrait of Rural America
In 1940, John Steuart Curry painted a scene of Herbert Hoover directing relief efforts after the Mississippi River flood of 1927 as part of a series of paintings depicting modern American history commissioned by Life magazine.
Artist John Steuart Curry (1897-1946) was raised on a farm in Northeast Kansas and is best known for his depictions of the Midwest.
Rethinking Regionalism: John Steuart Curry and the Kansas Mural Controversy