About Cyrus M. Running
Lived 1913 – 1976 (aged 62–63). Cyrus M. Running was an American artist.
Cyrus M. Running (August 2, 1913 - December 25, 1976) was an American regionalist painter.
Cyrus Maynard Running was born in Veblen, South Dakota. He was the son of Lutheran minister Alfred Running (1879-1970) and his musician wife, Julia Sophia Olson (1884 - 1935). Cyrus Running graduated from St. Olaf College and the University of Iowa. A student of Grant Wood, he is sometimes considered a regionalist. Much of his art focused on themes common to Minnesota or Norway. He was a member of the faculty of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, for many years.
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Who was Cyrus M. Running?
American artist
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Cyrus M. Running was born in 1913.
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Cyrus M. Running died in 1976.
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Cyrus M. Running was an artist.
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Cyrus M. Running was American.
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