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Benton Spruance
Spruance,Benton,EntrancetoGermantown,1982.64

Benton Spruance

American, 1904 - 1967
Birth-PlacePhiladelphia, PA
Death-PlacePhiladelphia, PA
BiographyBenton Murdoch Spruance (June 25, 1904–December 6, 1967) American painter, printmaker, architect.

Spruance was born and died in Philadelphia. He was a long-term faculty member and Chairman of the Arts Department at Beaver College in Jenkintown, PA, as well as Chairman of the Printmaking Department of the Philadelphia College of Art. As a printmaker, Spruance was known for his innovations in color lithography with series of works relating to mythological and religious themes, as well as portraiture.
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