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JOHN STEUART CURRY: CHRONOLOGY April, 1937 Compiled Laurence E. Schmeckebier 1897 - Nov. 14 4:00 P.M., born on a farm near Dunavant, Kansas, son of Margaret Steuart and Smith Curry 1908 - Spent the winter at Scottsdale, Arizona, farm of parents. 1916 - Left Winchester High School to enter Kansas City Art Institute (one month), then Chicago Art Institute. Worked with John Horton and Timmons. 1918 - Entered Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Member of S.A.T.C. corps. 1919 - December, worked in studio of Harvey Dunn at Tenafly, New Jersey, and began career as illustrator. 1923 - Married Clara Derrick and moved to New York. 1924 - Moved to Westport, Connecticut. Began illustrating for magazines. 1925 - Exhibited "The Fence Builders" in the National Academy. 1926 - October, Sailed for Paris and studied there in the Russian Academy of Basil Schoukhaeff. 1927 - June, Returned to Westport from Paris after a week in London. 1928 - Exhibited "Baptism in Kansas" in the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C., winning his first public recognition and a Whitney stipend. 1929 - Trip home to Kansas for six weeks. Sketches of the Kaw River valley floods. 1930 - Exhibited "The Tornado" at the Whitney Studio Club. Instant success. - Six weeks' visit to his home in Kansas, sketches of Barber county, and scenes of an actual tornado. - "Baptism in Kansas," and several other oils and watercolors purchased by the Whitney Museum. 1932 - Spring, accompanied the Ringling-Barnum & Bailey circus on its New England tour. Painted the "Flying Codonas" and many sketches. Tour repeated the following soring. - July, Clara Curry died of heart disease. - Spring, Shower landscape purchased by the Metropolitan. - Taught at Cooper Union (until 1934) and the Art Students' League (until 1936). 1933 - Awarded second prize by the Carnegie International for his "Tornado." - Visit home; painted double portrait of his parents. 1934 - Married Kathleen Shepherd of Westport. Painted first frescos in Bedford Junior High School, Westport, Connecticut. 1935 - On jury of Carnegie International. 1936 - Appointed "Artist in Residence" at the University of Wisconsin through the Brittingham trust fund. - Finished two murals for Norwalk High School - P.W.A. project. 1937 - March, Completed two murals for the Department of Justice building in Washington. ("Westward Migration" and "Justice Defeating Mob Violence") - Elected to the National Academy of Design.