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Biografie Benton Murdoch Spruance
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1904 |
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Born in Philadelphia, PA
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1946 |
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Gold medal at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
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1950 |
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Guggenheim Fellowship
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1962 |
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Medal for Distinguished Service to Art from the Philadelphia Sketch Club
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1964 |
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Guggenheim Fellowship
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1934 - 1965 |
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Chairman of the Printmaking Department of the Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
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1965 |
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Medal of Achievement from the Philadelphia Arts Alliance
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1967 |
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Died in Philadelphia, PA
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Recognized for innovations in color lithography
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Studied at the University of Pennsylvania School of Fine Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts with Daniel Garber
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Awarded the Cresson traveling scholarship and had the opportunity to travel to France and study with Andre Lhote in Paris
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| Ausgewählte Ausstellungen |
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2011
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City Views, LaSalle University Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
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2009
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American Scene, American Print Exhibition, British Museum
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2008
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The Long Night and the New Day: lithographs by Benton Spruance, Williams College Museum of Art
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1964
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Beaver College Gallery (solo)
Muhlenberg College (solo)
Philadelphia Print Club (solo)
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1962
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Associated American Artists (solo)
Reading Museum (solo)
Sacramento Museum (solo)
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1961
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Edinboro State College (solo)
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1960
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Rehn Gallery, New York City (solo)
The Philadelphia Print Club (solo)
The Sessler Gallery, Philadelphia (solo)
Woodmere Gallery, 25 Years in Retrospect (solo)
Redlands (solo)
Texas Western University (solo)
East Carolina College (solo)
Boston Library (solo)
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1959
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Utah State University (solo)
The Philadelphia Museum College of Art Medal (solo)
Chestnut Hill College (solo)
Lehigh University (solo)
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1958
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The Sessler Gallery (solo)
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1957
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The Alverthorpe Gallery (solo)
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1956
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Louisiana State University (solo)
West Chester Art Center (solo)
The Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts (solo)
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1955
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Rehn Gallery (solo)
Dickinson College (solo)
Pennsylvania State University (solo)
Oklahoma Art Center (solo)
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1954
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In Retrospect, Joslyn Museum, Omaha; Mt. Holyoke College; Swarthmore College (solo)
George Washington University (solo)
Wesleyan University (solo)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers University
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Terra Foundation for American Art
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Whitney Museum of American Art
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Williams College Museum of Art
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Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia
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Meade Art Museum at Amherst College
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University Gallery at the University of Mass, Amherst
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Palmer Museum of Art, Penn State University
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Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
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Philadelphia Free Library
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Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Smithsonian Museum of American Art
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Smith College Museum of Art
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Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas
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LaSalle Art Museum, Philadelphia
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Meade Art Museum at Amherst College
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts
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Cantor Arts Center, Stamford University
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Free Library, Philadelphia
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Huntingdon Library, San Marino, California
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