Ben Spruance
1968
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transfer lithograph
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1980.45.599
Art Historical Context
**Ben Spruance** is a striking transfer lithograph created in 1968 by artist Arthur L. Fl, now housed in the Gallery of Art's Rosen Collection. This print portrays Ben Spruance, a 20th-century lithographer known for his innovative color printing techniques and contributions to American graphic arts. Flory, himself a skilled printmaker, captures Spruance with a sense of quiet dignity, highlighting their shared passion for the medium during a vibrant era of post-war American printmaking. Transfer lithography, the technique employed here, involves drawing an image on paper that is then chemicall...
About the Artist
Arthur L. Flory
Arthur L. Flory (1914–1972) was an American artist born in Lima, Ohio, whose career bridged painting, printmaking, and illustration. He pursued formal training at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art and the National Academy of Design, institutions that shaped his technical proficiency in graphics and fine arts. Later sources also note studies at the Cape School of Art, where he earned...