Links and Bibliography About John Steuart Curry and the Curry Mural

Additional Information: Links and Bibliography about John Steuart Curry and the Curry Mural

• “Freeing of the Slaves” by John Steuart Curry, Public Art at UW-Madison webpage.
• Gabriel, Mary Ellen. “UW Curry Mural Tells Forgotten Emancipation Story,” UW News, Nov. 1, 2012.
• Garrison, Lloyd K. “How the Painting Came to be in the Law Building,” from manuscript for placard mounted on wall near mural (1942).
• John Steuart Curry and Curry Family Papers, 1848-1999. Collection at the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art.
• John Steuart Curry: At Home in Wisconsin. Exhibit at Museum of Wisconsin Art, June 27- September 14, 2014.
• Junker, Patricia. John Steuart Curry: Inventing the Middle West, New York, NY: Hudson Hills Press (1998).
  • Full-color, high quality images of Curry’s paintings and sketches as well as critical essays on his work by experts.
  • This book also contains an extensive bibliography about Curry including archival sources, books and exhibition catalogues, serials, newspapers, and theses and dissertations.
• Kendall, M. Sue. Rethinking Regionalism: John Steuart Curry and the Kansas Mural Controversy, Washington D.C. and London: Smithsonian Institution Press (1986).
• Kroiz, Lauren. “‘A Jolly Lark for Amateurs’: John Steuart Curry’s Pedagogy of Painting,” American Art, vol. 29(1): pp. 28-53 (Spring 2015), http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/681654.
• Leon, Maurice. “The Library- Backbone of the Law School,” Gargoyle, Spring 1970.
• “News of the School,” 1942 Wis. L. Rev. 156 (1942).
• Owings, Frank N. Jr. John Steuart Curry : The Cowboy Within, Manhattan, KS : Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, 2019
• Reidinger, Paul. “The Law School’s Curry Mural: One of the Grandest and Most Distinguished Works of Art in Wisconsin,” Gargoyle, Summer 1985.
• Schmeckebier, Laurence. John Steuart Curry’s Pageant of America, New York, NY: American Artists Group (1943).
  • A contemporary study and evaluation of John Steuart Curry’s work.
• Shucha, Bonnie. “The 75th Anniversary of John Steuart Curry’s ‘The Freeing of the Slaves’,” Gargoyle, Fall 2017.
• Smith, Jennifer A. “Madison Masterpieces: John Steuart Curry Murals, UW Biochemistry Building,” Isthmus, May 24, 2012.
• “The Role of Biochemistry in Plant and Animal Nutrition: John Steuart Curry Murals Virtual Tour,” University of Wisconsin Department of Biochemistry.
• “The Social Benefits of Biochemical Research” by John Steuart Curry, Public Art at UW-Madison webpage.
• Vivian Kiechel Fine Art, John Steuart Curry : A Regionalist Perspective, Lincoln, Neb. : Kiechel Fine Art, 2018.