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Ruth Pershing Uhler

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Ruth Pershing Uhler (1895 - 1967) was active/lived in Texas, New Mexico.  Ruth Uhler is known for Abstract southwest landscape, mural.

A Pennsylvania born artist known for murals and abstract Southwest landscapes in Art Nouveau style, Ruth Uhler studied at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. She had most of her career in Houston, Texas where she taught and was curator at the Museum School of Art.

However, from 1935 to 1956, Uhler was in Santa Fe, New Mexico with her Houston colleague Grace Spaulding John (1890-1972). Uhler and John had collaborated on murals in Houston including one for the City Hall. They also did ceiling decorations for the Nelson Atkins Gallery in Kansas City. In her mural work, Uhler created a sense of movement with birds and trees and animals that seemed to have energy.

Uhler was also very interested in Native American cultures, and in Santa Fe studied native arts and crafts. Her love of the New Mexico landscape transferred to her work in Houston, where she did paintings upon her return that reflected the special Southwest light. One of her paintings, "Earth Rhythms", (19   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2459 characters.]  Artist bio

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2 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Ruth Pershing Uhler
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review Women Artists of Texas, 1900-1960 December 2006 Grauer, Michael Yes
American Art Review Texas Modern & Post Modern March 1996 Greene, Alison de Lima Yes
15 Book References for Ruth Pershing Uhler
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2000 Powers, John & Deborah; Ron Tyler, Foreward Texas Painters, Sculptors & Graphic Artists A Biographical Dictionary of Artists in Texas Before 1942 606 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Grauer, Paula and Michael R. Dictionary of Texas Artists, 1800-1945 240 Yes
1998 Kovinick, Phil; Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West 405 No
1995 Trenton, Patricia (Editor); Sandra E'Emilio, Erika Doss (et all) Independent Spirits: Women Painters of the American West 1890-1945
(Exhibition catalog)		 304 Yes
1985 Dawdy, Doris Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary 1184 No
1985 Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900 851 No
1975 Editor, Smithsonian Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection 0 No
1973 Collins, Jim L. Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present 426 No
1966 Editors Who's Who in American Art, 1966 0 No
1947 Gilbert, Dorothy, (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 1947 685 No
1936 Breckinridge, Mrs. (essay) First National Exhibition of American Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 32 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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