Background
Spruance, Benton M. was born on June 25, 1904 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Benton Murdoch and Edith (Dick) Spruance.
Spruance, Benton M. was born on June 25, 1904 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Benton Murdoch and Edith (Dick) Spruance.
Student of University of Pennsylvania, 1924-1925. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1925-1929. Doctor of Fine Arts, 1963.
Of Fine Arts, Beaver College, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, 1933-present. Great deal of work connected with lithography, with works in permanent collections of Philadelphia, Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Congressional Library, National Gallery, Whitney Museum, New York Public Library. Member Philadelphia Art Commission, 1954.
Member Philadelphia Art Commission, 1954. Member National Academy of Design.
Married Winifred Glover, June 13, 1928. Children: Peter Benton, Stephen Glover, Studied in Europe, 1928-1930, on Winning Cresson Traveling Scholarship.