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Ruth Armer

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Ruth Armer (1896 - 1977) was active/lived in California.  Ruth Armer is known for Desert landscape, genre, abstraction.

A painter, educator and lithographer, Ruth Armer was born in San Francisco and spent her career in that city. She attended the California School of Fine Arts, 1914-1915, 1918-1919 and studied in New York at the Art Students League with George Bellows, Robert Henri, and John Sloan. Armer taught at the California School of Fine Arts from 1933 to 1940. Her painting styles ranged from abstract to representational.

Solo Exhibitions:
Vickery, Atkins & Torrey, 1922
Cleveland Museum of Art
San Francisco Museum of Art, 1936, 1939
Quay Gallery, 1972, 1975

Public Collections:
Oakland Museum
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Literature: Edan Hughes, Artists in California, 1786-1940; Henry Hopkins, Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era; Thomas Albright, Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-1980; The Art of California, Selected Works from the Collection of the Oakland Museum; Susan Landauer, The San Francisco School of Abstract Express   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1319 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Ruth Armer


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
Art MediaArt StyleArt Subject
  • Desert Landscape
  • Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
  • Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
  • Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • California Before 1940
Art Teacher
  • George Bellows
  • John Sloan
  • Kenneth Hayes Miller
  • Robert Henri
Art School
  • Art Students League of New York, Student
  • California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, Student
  • California School of Fine Arts, Teacher
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Abstraction Specialty
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
  • Genre Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
  • San Francisco Art Association
Exhibition of Museum
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art

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