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1900, New York, NY; d. 1975, Bronx, NY, b. 1866, Charleston, SC; d. 1936, Charleston, SC, b. Adobe and Microsoft operate under their own privacy and security policies, and the way they may collect and use information can be further evaluated at: www.adobe.com and www.microsoft.com. 1866, Washington, DC; d. 1939, Washington, DC, b. 1919, Union, SC; d. 2007, Isle of Palms, SC, b 1909, Baltimore, MD; d. 1998, Elkridge, MD, b. 1875, Philadelphia, PA; d. 1930, Switzerland, b. 1866, New Orleans, LA; d. 1916, New Orleans, LA, b. A train conductor raised the alarm, local militias pinned Brown and his men inside the armory, and by the following day U.S. Marines under the command of Robert E. Lee (the future Confederate general) arrived and demanded their surrender. New York, NY; active in Washington, DC, 1890s1913, b. 1899, New Orleans, LA; d. 1978, New Orleans, LA, b. 1858, Dayton, OH; d. after 1915, possibly in San Diego, CA, b. 1893, Torresdale, PA; d. 1968, Woodstock, NY, Smith, Effie Anderson Spencer [a.k.a. 1932, Winston-Salem, NC; d. 2012, Winston-Salem, NC, b. 1876, Medfield, MA; d. 1971, Portland, ME, b. 1864, Staten Island, NY; d. 1957, West Hazleton, PA, b. 1881, Washington, DC; d. 1966, Warrenton, VA, b. 1899, Ballston Spa, NY; d. 1984, Spartanburg, SC, b. 1894, Mobile, AL; d. 1977, Gerrardstown, WV, b. 1912, French Creek, WV; d. 2004, Buckhannon, WV, b. 1899, Springfield, MO; d. 1991, Washington, DC, King, Myrtle Valdosta Braddy Jones (see Jones, Myrtle "Berr" Valdosta Braddy), b. 1896, New Orleans, LA; d. 1989, Baton Rouge, LA, b. 1885, Nashville, TN; d. 1961, Nashville, TN, b. Throughout the 1930s, Curry, a native of Kansas, was closely associated with Thomas Hart Benton as a member of the artistic movement known as Regionalism. 1898, Washington, DC; d. 1985, Washington, DC, b. Jamboree Center, 5 Park Plaza, Suite 1500, Washington, District of Columbia 20006-4099, 300 South John Q. Hammons Parkway, Suite 800, Two Logan Square, 100 N. 18th Street, Suite 1920, Please browse our offices by states below. 1898, Stafford, England; d. 1976, Escondido, CA, b. 1887, New Orleans, LA; d. 1970, New Orleans, LA, b. 1943, New Orleans, LA; d. 2008, New York, NY, b. 1873, Baltimore, MD; d. 1951, Savannah, GA, b. 1872, Harrodsburg, KY; d. 1924, New York, NY, b. New York. (John Brown, the Republican Party storming the Capitol, etc) rather than whitewashing the place with only interesting stories about the building itself. 1864, St. Louis, MO; d. 1951, Tampa, FL, b. 1909, Cleveland County, NC; d. 2002, Shelby, NC, b. "John Curry: He Paints at Wisconsin as Artist-in-Residence. 1886, Regina, Canada; d. 1959, St. Petersburg, FL, b. 1874, Richmond, VA; d. 1956, Richmond, VA, b. 1891, Charlottesville, VA; d. 1978, Yonkers, NY, b. 1924, Columbia, SC; d. 2005, Charleston, SC, b. Use your arrow keys to navigate the tabs below, and your tab key to choose an item, Artist: 1891, Richmond, VA; d. 1983, Greenwich, CT, b. 1918, Chicopee, MA; d. 1961, New York, NY, b. Thank you for visiting the Johnson Collection website and reviewing our privacy policy. 1895, Louisville, KY; d. 1985, Bowling Green, KY, b. 1891, Hartsville, SC; d. 1976, Gaffney, SC, b. This political cartoon depicts the pro-slavery congressman Preston Brooks attacking the anti-slavery Senator Charles Sumner with a cane on the Senate floor. 1901, New York, NY; d. 1990, Bay St. Louis, MS, b. 1843, Buffalo, WV; d. 1926, Winfield, WV, b. 1886, Guilford County, NC; d. 1957, Hendersonville, NC, Berchmans, Sister Agnes (nee Julia Alma Landry), b. 1880, Yazoo City, MS; d. 1942, Dallas, TX, b. 1892, Charleston, SC; d. 1984, Charleston, SC, b. "Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art," January 10February 18, 1940, no. 1869, New Orleans, LA; d. 1944, Herbertsville, NJ, b. 1900, Savannah, GA; d. 1971, Wilmington, NC, b. 1896, Brooklyn, NY; d. 1979, Fairfax, VA, b. 1895, Bath County, KY; d. 1983, Memphis, TN, b. A white man born into a deeply religious family of Connecticut, Daguerreotype depicting John Brown c. 1846. 1896, New York, NY; d. 1969, Washington, DC, b. 1926, Auburn, AL; d. 2008, Jackson, MS, b. Several events in the 1850s contributed to a growing belief among anti-slavery activists that the Slave Power, as they called it, had gained control of the U.S. government: the introduction of a brutal Fugitive Slave Law (1850) required northern citizens to assist in the capture of enslaved people who had escaped; the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) repealed an earlier ban on slavery in new territories north of the, In May 1856, Brown led his sons and three other men in what came to be known as the Pottawatomie Massacre, a three-day rampage during which they murdered five members of the pro-slavery territorial district court in front of their families, hacking them to death with broadswords. 1883, Brookline, MA; d. 1955, Woodstock, NY, b. 1897, Summerville, GA; d. 1991, Augusta, GA, b. 1868, Washington, DC; d. 1921, Gloucester, MA, b. We use cookies on our website. John Brown was enraged by the attack on Sumner, which motivated his actions at Pottawatomie. 1883, Washington, DC; d. 1939, Washington, DC, b. 1842, Pinckney, MI; d. 1934, Tryon, NC, b. 1831, New Orleans, LA; d. 1914, New Orleans, LA, b. 1906, Mobile, AL; d. 1995, Magnolia Springs, AL, b. 1923, New Orleans, LA; d. 2012, Los Angeles, CA, b. 1914, Guatemala City, Guatemala; d. 2000, New Orleans, LA, b. His actions contributed to such paranoia among slaveholders about the future of slavery in the United States that, John Steuart Curry, Tragic Prelude (detail), 193742, oil and egg tempera 11 6 x 31 feet (Kansas statehouse, Topeka) This mural, in the Kansas State Capitol building, depicts John Brown as a fanatic, Moses-like figure, striding forward as clouds part in the sky (not unlike the parting of the Red Sea), in a composition reminiscent of Delacroixs Liberty Leading the People. 1865, Grafton, WV; d. 1948, Buckhannon, WV, b. 1900, Mooresville, NC; d. 1995, New Hope, PA, b. As part of the Met's Open Access policy, you can freely copy, modify and distribute this image, even for commercial purposes. 1899, Berlin, Germany; d. 1994, Orange, CT, b. 1865, Washington, DC; d. 1963, Washington, DC, b. 1876, Charleston, SC; d. 1964, Charleston, SC, Warren, Elizabeth Boardman "E. 1884, Washington, DC; d. 1941, Charlottesville, VA, b. 1892, Lynchburg, VA; d. 1980, Lynchburg, VA, b. 1874, Lexington, KY; d. 1966, Lexington, KY, b. 1885, Stoneham, MA; d. 1954, Louisville, KY, b. Mrs. B. Curry died in Madison, Wis., of a heart attack at age 48 in 1946. 1892, Colfax, IL; d. 1981, Washington, DC, b. 1912, Brookhaven, MS; d. 2005, Siloam Springs, AR, b. 1922, Ahoskie, NC; d. 2013, Wilmington, NC, b. [5], The image was used as the album cover of Kansas (1974), the debut album of the rock band Kansas. 1895, Charlevoix, MI; d. 1996, Washington, DC, b. 1900, Huntington, IN; d. 1977, Richmond, VA, b. 1882, Astoria, IL; d. 1936, Alexandria, VA, b. 1897, Orwood, MS; d. 1987, Memphis, TN, b. 1878, Cleveland, OH; d. 1969, Coconut Grove, FL (b. Brooklyn, NY), b. 1839, Portland, ME; d. 1904, New York, NY, b. 1821, NY; d. 1885 (buried in Rockport, OH), b. Emigrants with covered wagons travel from east to west. 1914, Newton, KS; d. 2002, Bethlehem, PA, b. 1904, Memphis, TN; d. 1996, Memphis, TN, b. 1869, Washington, DC; d. 1936, Washington, DC, b. 1871, Indianapolis, IN; d. 1966, Delaware County, IN, b. 1890, West Point, NY; d. 1971, Washington, DC, b. You may choose to provide us with personal information in an e-mail message to one of the addresses listed on our site. 1884, Washington, DC; d. 1959, Washington, DC, b. 1921, Huntsville, OH; d. 2005, Columbia, MS, b. 1911, Uruapan, Mexico; d. 1968, Hendersonville, NC, b. 1898, Colorado Springs, CO; d. 1988, Guilford, CT, b. 1926, Williamston, NC; d. 2013, Winston-Salem, NC, b. 1906, New Orleans, LA; d. 1986, New Orleans, LA, b. 1902, Ellisville, MS; d. 1997, Louisville, MS, b. 1908, Versailles, KY; d. 1996, Lexington, KY, b. The daguerreotypist, Augustus Washington, was an African American photographer with a studio in Hartford, Connecticut. 1853?, Lexington, KY; d. 1904, Lexington, KY, b. The subsequent trial of Brown and his men for murder, inciting slave rebellion, and treason was widely reported in the national press. He is buried at Winchester in Jefferson County. 1878, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; d. 1961, b. 1874, Shepherdsville, KY; d. 1955, Warren County, KY, b. 1907, Vicksburg, MS; d. 1987, Vicksburg, MS, Compton, Dorothy Dumesnie {Stephenson} {Wearing}, b. The source focuses mostly on the legacy abolitionist John Brown has left behind, using an actor interpreting John Brown's life and opinion of his actions. 1898, New Orleans, LA; d. 1984, Washington, CT, b. 1877, Smiths Grove, KY; d. 1952, Smiths Grove, KY, b. Guided tours given at 9, 10, and 11 a.m., 12, 1, 2, and 3 p.m. Monday - Friday; Saturday at 10 and 11 a.m., 12, 1, 2, and 3 p.m. Free. 1874, New Orleans, LA; d. 1963, New Orleans, LA, b. 1873, Louisville, KY; d. 1944, Louisville, KY, b. 2023 The Johnson Collection, LLC. 1913, Mobile, AL; d. 2005, Franklin, TN, b. 1894, Flemingsburg, KY; d. 1982, Louisville, KY, b. 1842, Kingston, MA; d. 1929, Kingston, MA, b. 1903, Jefferson County, WV; d. 1981, Kearneysville, WV, b. 1831, New York, NY; d. 1907, Washington, DC, b. 1895, East Liberty, PA; d. 1953, Mobile, AL, b. ], b. 1866, St. Louis, MO; d. 1961, Washington, DC, b. 1871, Shinnston, WV; d. 1947, Shinnston, WV, b. 1867, Charleston, MS; d. 1922, Oxford, MS, b. 1875, Forrest City, AR; d. 1958, Forrest City, AR, b. 1899, Wilmington, NC; d. 1969, Raleigh, NC, b. 1872, Washington, DC; d. 1961, Fairfax, VA, b. 1886, Indianapolis, IN; d. 1997, Beverly, MA, b. In the 1930s, John Steuart Curry painted murals on the second floor including the building's most famous painting Tragic Prelude which depicts an oversize and raging John Brown wedged between the warring sides of the American Civil War, flanked by flames and a tornado. The newly formed group signed with Kirshner Records in 1973 and traveled to New York to record their first release. 1896, New Orleans, LA; d. 1979, Covington, LA, b. 1893, Washington, DC; d. 1990, Washington, DC, b. 1884, New York, NY; d. 1955, Southampton, NY, b. 1829, Fincastle, VA; d. 1918, Ashland, KY, b. 1895, San Francisco, CA; d. 1989, Frenchtown, NJ, b. 1915, Washington, DC; d. 2012, Cuernavaca, Mexico, b. 1870, Louisville, KY; d. 1960, Louisville, KY, b. 1908, New Orleans, LA; d. 2003, New Orleans, LA, Guermonprez, Gertrud "Trude" Jalowetz {Elsesser}, b. 1898, Ridley Park, PA; d. 1973, St. Petersburg, FL, b. John Brown was hanged on December 2, 1859. 1920, Birmingham, AL; d. 1995, Princess Anne, MD, b. 1915?, Saint Rose, LA; d. 2010, Chicago, IL, b. 1879, Washington, DC; d. 1980, Washington, DC, b. 1868, Charleston, SC; d. 1939, Charleston, SC, b. 1900, St. Albans, WV; d. 1986, St. Albans, WV, b. 1871, Washington, DC; d. 1954, London, Ontario, Canada, b. Kansas State Capitol - Online tour - Tragic Prelude 1873, New Orleans, LA; d. 1955, New Orleans, LA, b. 1887, Indianapolis, IN; d. 1975, Nashville, IN, b. 1901, Louisville, KY; d. 1988, Oak Ridge, TN, b. 1887, Santa Rosa, CA; d. 1968, Brooklyn, NY, b. 1918, Durham, NC; d. 2004, Chapel Hill, NC, b. 1897, Bakersfield, CA; d. 1993, Tazewell, VA, b. [1]:3739, Benton's very large mural was on the topic of, and titled, A Social History of Missouri. 1920, West Point, NY; d. 2009, Washington, DC, b. 1881, Brunswick, GA; d. 1974, Wilmington, NC, b. 1888, New Orleans, LA; d. 1967, San Bruno, CA, Saugrain, Joan Bredendieck [a.k.a. 1935, New Orleans, LA; d. 2005, New Orleans, LA, b. 1910, Brooklyn, NY; d. 2003, South Charleston, WV, b. Here, Sumner is depicted bleeding, pen in hand, with a dignified expression while Brooks (whose face is blocked by his arm) raises a mangled cane to strike him again. 1859, Huntsville, AL; d. 1928, Richmond, VA, b. 1876, New Bern, NC; d. 1959, New Bern, NC, b. 1888, Kenansville, NC; d. 1969, Fayetteville, NC, b. 1883, Washington County, MD; d. 1912, Smithsburg, MD, b. 1904, Frankfurt, Germany; d. 1996, Teaneck, NJ, b. 1893, Marion, OH; d. 1986, Nashville, TN, b. Kansas State Capitol - Artwork - Kansas Historical Society 1917, Palmerton, PA; d. 2016, Wilmington, NC, b. Brown was not, at this time, a well known figure, although he was active in abolitionist circles. Curry was an American Regionalist painter. John Brown was enraged by the attack on Sumner, which motivated his actions at Pottawatomie. On the north wall it depicts abolitionist Kansan John Brown with a Bible in one hand, on which the Greek letters alpha and omega of Apocalypse 1:8 can be seen. 1894, Charleston, SC; d. 1975, Queens, NY, b. Contact: State capitol, 785.296.3966; capitol@kshs.org. 1906, Tuscaloosa, AL; d. 1990, Louisville, KY, b. 1909, Chicago, IL; d. 1988, Blue Hill, ME, b. 1853, Louisville, KY; d. 1926, Louisville, KY, b. 1922, Charleston, SC; d. 1983, Duval County, FL, b. 1852, Holly Springs, MS; d. 1935, Holly Springs, MS, b. 1898, Baltimore, MD; d. 1956, Cooperstown, NY, b. 1921, Winchester, KY; d. 2009, Greenville, SC, b. 1903, Beloit, KS; d. 2006, Jacksonville, FL, b. 1887, Lynchburg, VA; d. 1980, Lynchburg, VA, b. 1860, New York, NY; d. 1942, Washington, DC, b. 1885, Ellisburg, NY; d. 1973, Ellisburg, NY, b. 1899, Knoxville, TN; d. 1971, Knoxville, TN, b. 1869, Chesterfield, VA; d. 1938, Richmond, VA, b. The Legacy of "Old Osawatomie": John Brown in Art and Memory 1900, Garnett, SC; d. 1994, Garnett, SC, b. 1896, Winnsboro, SC; d. 1962, Washington, DC, b. 1886, Camp Springs, MD; d. 1955, Washington, DC, Ravenel, Pamela Hart Brown Vinton {Strunz}, b. 1898, North Girard, PA; d. 1968, Hyattsville, MD, b. 1875, Hendersonville, NC; d. 1958, Miami, FL (buried Nashville, TN), b.