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Ruth Duckworth PUBLICATIONS
1919 Hamburg, Germany - 2009 Chicago, Illinois. Known for: Mod ceramics, stone carving, bronze sculpture.
"Ruth Duckworth, Sculptor and Muralist, Dies at 90". By WILLIAM GRIMES. Ruth Duckworth, a sculptor whose work in clay and bronze included monumental sculptures and murals, as well as small-scale,... Read full biography
"Ruth Duckworth, Sculptor and Muralist, Dies at 90". By WILLIAM GRIMES. Ruth Duckworth, a sculptor whose work in clay and bronze included monumental sculptures and murals, as well as small-scale, intimate pieces, died last Sunday in Chicago. She was 90. Her death was confirmed by Thea Burger, her... Read full biography
"Ruth Duckworth, Sculptor and Muralist, Dies at 90". By WILLIAM GRIMES. Ruth Duckworth, a sculptor whose work in clay and bronze included monumental sculptures and murals, as well as small-scale, intimate pieces, died last Sunday in Chicago. She was 90. Her death was confirmed by Thea Burger, her agent. Ms. Duckworth followed an idiosyncratic career path, starting as a stone mason in Britain and not turning to ceramics until her 40s, bringing a sculptor's sensibility to it. Intent on doing... Read full biography
"Ruth Duckworth, Sculptor and Muralist, Dies at 90". By WILLIAM GRIMES. Ruth Duckworth, a sculptor whose work in clay and bronze included monumental sculptures and murals, as well as small-scale, intimate pieces, died last Sunday in Chicago. She was 90. Her death was confirmed by Thea Burger, her agent. Ms. Duckworth followed an idiosyncratic career path, starting as a stone mason in Britain and not turning to ceramics until her 40s, bringing a sculptor's sensibility to it. Intent on doing large-scale ceramic work, then out of favor in Britain, she accepted a teaching appointment at the University of Chicago in 1964 and began executing monumental ceramic murals and, later, bronze sculptures. Her stoneware murals, notably Earth, Water and... Read full biography
"Ruth Duckworth, Sculptor and Muralist, Dies at 90". By WILLIAM GRIMES. Ruth Duckworth, a sculptor whose work in clay and bronze included monumental sculptures and murals, as well as small-scale, intimate pieces, died last Sunday in Chicago. She was 90. Her death was confirmed by Thea Burger, her agent. Ms. Duckworth followed an idiosyncratic career path, starting as a stone mason in Britain and not turning to ceramics until her 40s, bringing a sculptor's sensibility to it. Intent on doing large-scale ceramic work, then out of favor in Britain, she accepted a teaching appointment at the University of Chicago in 1964 and began executing monumental ceramic murals and, later, bronze sculptures. Her stoneware murals, notably Earth, Water and Sky (1967-68) and Clouds Over Lake Michigan (1976), incorporated topographical swirls and abstractly rendered... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004McGowan, Alison C (Editor)1,512 pagesUnion League Club of Chicago Art Collection
2003Richter, Marianne; Wendy Greenhouse (Essays)308 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997Marquis Who's Who1,515 pagesNorth American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller612 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993Bowker R R1,473 pagesSpirited Visions Portraits of Chicago Artists
1991
(Exhibition catalog)Carrol, Patty/James Yood96 pages (color)American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions
1990Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer638 pagesWho's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986Jaques Cattell Press1,292 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976Jaques Cattell Press756 pages