Cyrus M. Running (August 2, 1913 - December 25, 1976) was an American regionalist painter. [1]

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. [2]

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  1. โ†‘ "Cyrus M. Running (b.1913 โ€“ d.1976)". Concordia Memory Project. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  2. โ†‘ "Cyrus Running". Luther College. 16 December 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2015.

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