Benton Murdoch Spruance

Benton 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 Glenside, 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.

References

• Lloyd M. Abernethy (1988). Benton Spruance, the Artist and the Man. Associated University Presses. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-87982-517-1.