Background
Currie, Bruce was born on November 27, 1911 in Sac City, Iowa, United States. Son of Malcolm and Clara Mabel (Austin) Currie.
Currie, Bruce was born on November 27, 1911 in Sac City, Iowa, United States. Son of Malcolm and Clara Mabel (Austin) Currie.
Student, Northwestern University, 1930-1932; student, University Chicago, 1932-1933.
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Member National Academy of Design (academy), Audubon Artists (life, Medal of Honor 1963, 82, 98, Joseph Raskin Memorial award 1987, Ralph Fabri Medal of Honor 1989, Emily Lowe award 1990, Silver medal 1998Richeson award 2000, Salmagundi award 2002), American Watercolor Society (Silver medal 1958, Emily Lowe award 1968, Whitney award 1975, Winsor-Newton award 1981, Mario Cooper award 1985, Elsie and David WU Ject-Key Memorial award 1997), Adirondack National Exhibition of America Watercolors (Martin award 1988, Smith Packing Company award 1990), Connecticut Academy Fine Arts (prize for Painting, 1965, Charles Noel Flagg Memorial prize 1968).
Married Ethel Magafan, June 30, 1946. 1 daughter, Jenne Magafan.