Cyrus M. Running (August 2, 1913 - December 25, 1976) was an American regionalist

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

. Cyrus Maynard Running was born in

Veblen, South Dakota Veblen is a city in Marshall County, South Dakota, Marshall County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 317 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Sioux country singer and actor Floyd Red Crow Westerman is buried here at Saint ...

. 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 St. Olaf College is a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota. It was founded in 1874 by a group of Norwegian-American pastors and farmers led by Pastor Bernt Julius Muus. The college is named after the King and the Patron Saint Olaf ...

and the

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. A student of

Grant Wood Grant DeVolson Wood (February 13, 1891 February 12, 1942) was an American painter and representative of Regionalism, best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest. He is particularly well known for '' American Gothic'' (193 ...

, he is sometimes considered a regionalist. Much of his art focused on themes common to

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

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. He was a member of the faculty of Concordia College in

Moorhead, Minnesota Moorhead () is a city in and county seat of Clay County, Minnesota, United States, on the banks of the Red River of the North. Located in the Red River Valley, an extremely fertile and active agricultural region, Moorhead is also home to several ...

, for many years.

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External resources

Cyrus M. Running Gallery at Concordia College
1913 births 1976 deaths St. Olaf College alumni American Lutherans American people of Norwegian descent People from Veblen, South Dakota 20th-century Lutherans {{US-painter-1910s-stub