Benton Murdoch Spruance
1904–1967
Introduction
Benton Murdoch Spruance (June 25, 1904–December 6, 1967) was an American painter, printmaker and architect. A long-term faculty member and chair of the Arts Department at Beaver College in Glenside, Pennsylvania, he subsequently chaired the Printmaking Department of the Philadelphia College of Art.
He became known as "the dean of Philadelphia lithographers, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Wikidata identifier
Q4890595
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Roles
Artist, architect, lithographer, painter
ULAN identifier
500055755
Names
Benton Murdoch Spruance, Benton Spruance
Information from the Getty Research Institute's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License. Accessed March 15, 2024.
40 works
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To Freedom
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Lamentation
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Jacob and the Angel
1950 -
I Will Be What I Choose
1949 -
Soliloquy
1949 -
Portrait - Miss MH
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Forward Pass
1944 -
Fathers and Sons
1943 -
Riders of the Apocalypse
1943 -
Souvenir of Lidice
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Credo
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The People Play - Spring
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The People Play - Summer
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Arrangement for Drums
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Brief Balance
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The Lamentation
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Portrait of Toby
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Repose in Egypt
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American Pattern - Barn
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Gifts from the Kings
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The Bridge from Race St.
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Pass to the Flat
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Portrait at Dusk
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Seated Nude
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The Thirties - Windshield
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The People Play--Summer [first version]
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The People Work - Morning
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The People Work - Noon
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The People Work - Evening
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The People Work - Night
1937
40 works