Benton Murdoch Spruance
Benton Murdoch Spruance
1904 - 1967
Spruance won a number of awards and fellowships, including two Cresson Scholarships to travel in Europe and two Guggenheim grants. In 1967 the Philadelphia College of Art held a retrospective exhibition of his lithographs in recognition of his achievements as an artist and a member of their faculty.
Spruance served for a number of years on the Philadelphia Arts Commission and was the Chairman of the Arts Department of Beaver College in Jenkintown. He was also the chairman of the Printmaking Department of the Philadelphia College of Art. Spruance died at the age of 63 in 1967.
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