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The Sentinels

The Sentinels

Artist: Benton Murdoch Spruance (American, 1904 - 1967)

Date: c. 1940s
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Canvas: 20 1/4 x 36 in. (51.4 x 91.4 cm)
Framed: 27 1/2 x 43 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (69.9 x 109.9 x 6.4 cm)
Credit Line:Gift, Mrs. Herbert C. Morris
Object number: 1945.87.1

Spruance earned his reputation as a figural painter and printmaker. This dynamic cubist-inspired mountain landscape demonstrates the artist’s keen interest in color and form.

The artist was born in Philadelphia, attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and taught for three decades at Beaver College and the Philadelphia College of Art, where he chaired the printmaking department.

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