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Ruth Augur BIOGRAPHY
1886 Austin, Texas - 1967 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Known for: Mural, portrait, landscape, horses.
Born in Austin, Texas and raised in Denver, Colorado where she studied at the Student School of Art, Ruth Auger became an artist of the West, with her most recognized achievement being six murals,... Read full biography
Born in Austin, Texas and raised in Denver, Colorado where she studied at the Student School of Art, Ruth Auger became an artist of the West, with her most recognized achievement being six murals, completed in 1937 and covering 1136 square feet, of the history of the Cherokee Strip Run for the... Read full biography
Born in Austin, Texas and raised in Denver, Colorado where she studied at the Student School of Art, Ruth Auger became an artist of the West, with her most recognized achievement being six murals, completed in 1937 and covering 1136 square feet, of the history of the Cherokee Strip Run for the courthouse in Enid, Oklahoma. "The cattle portrayed in the mural bear registered Texas brands selected by the University of Texas, Austin". (Powers 18). As a painted, she also depicted army officer and... Read full biography
Born in Austin, Texas and raised in Denver, Colorado where she studied at the Student School of Art, Ruth Auger became an artist of the West, with her most recognized achievement being six murals, completed in 1937 and covering 1136 square feet, of the history of the Cherokee Strip Run for the courthouse in Enid, Oklahoma. "The cattle portrayed in the mural bear registered Texas brands selected by the University of Texas, Austin". (Powers 18). As a painted, she also depicted army officer and other portraits, horse studies, mountain landscapes, and cowboy figures. In 1905 she won a scholarship to the New York School of Art, where she was a student of Robert Henri and William Merritt Chase. About ten years later, she studied in California at... Read full biography
Born in Austin, Texas and raised in Denver, Colorado where she studied at the Student School of Art, Ruth Auger became an artist of the West, with her most recognized achievement being six murals, completed in 1937 and covering 1136 square feet, of the history of the Cherokee Strip Run for the courthouse in Enid, Oklahoma. "The cattle portrayed in the mural bear registered Texas brands selected by the University of Texas, Austin". (Powers 18). As a painted, she also depicted army officer and other portraits, horse studies, mountain landscapes, and cowboy figures. In 1905 she won a scholarship to the New York School of Art, where she was a student of Robert Henri and William Merritt Chase. About ten years later, she studied in California at Carmel for summer school, the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco, and the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. She spe... Read full biography
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Born in Austin, Texas and raised in Denver, Colorado where she studied at the Student School of Art, Ruth Auger became an artist of the West, with her most recognized achievement being six murals, completed in 1937 and covering 1136 square feet, of the history of the Cherokee Strip Run for the courthouse in Enid, Oklahoma. "The cattle portrayed in the mural bear registered Texas brands selected by the University of Texas, Austin". (Powers 18).
As a painted, she also depicted army officer and other portraits, horse studies, mountain landscapes, and cowboy figures.
In 1905 she won a scholarship to the New York School of Art, where she was a student of Robert Henri and William Merritt Chase. About ten years later, she studied in ...But wait, there's more...
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