Artist/illustrator Ruth Eastman (Rodgers) (December 27, 1882 — July 1976) was well known in her day for pictorializing female beauty, energy and abilities. She was born and grew up in Nassau, Long... Read full biography
Artist/illustrator Ruth Eastman (Rodgers) (December 27, 1882 — July 1976) was well known in her day for pictorializing female beauty, energy and abilities. She was born and grew up in Nassau, Long Island. Her father, George W. Eastman, was an attorney specializing in real estate who founded the... Read full biography
Artist/illustrator Ruth Eastman (Rodgers) (December 27, 1882 — July 1976) was well known in her day for pictorializing female beauty, energy and abilities. She was born and grew up in Nassau, Long Island. Her father, George W. Eastman, was an attorney specializing in real estate who founded the Roslyn Savings Bank and was active in politics and temperance activities. Ruth's mother was Jennie Rushmore who also had two other surviving children, Lester and Mortimer. The couple kept a lovely home... Read full biography
Artist/illustrator Ruth Eastman (Rodgers) (December 27, 1882 — July 1976) was well known in her day for pictorializing female beauty, energy and abilities. She was born and grew up in Nassau, Long Island. Her father, George W. Eastman, was an attorney specializing in real estate who founded the Roslyn Savings Bank and was active in politics and temperance activities. Ruth's mother was Jennie Rushmore who also had two other surviving children, Lester and Mortimer. The couple kept a lovely home that was refuge and resort to their many friends. Ruth enjoyed a privileged upbringing and studied art in New York with William Merritt Chase at the Art Students League. She would later study art in Paris and London, as well. By 1903, she was teaching... Read full biography
Artist/illustrator Ruth Eastman (Rodgers) (December 27, 1882 — July 1976) was well known in her day for pictorializing female beauty, energy and abilities. She was born and grew up in Nassau, Long Island. Her father, George W. Eastman, was an attorney specializing in real estate who founded the Roslyn Savings Bank and was active in politics and temperance activities. Ruth's mother was Jennie Rushmore who also had two other surviving children, Lester and Mortimer. The couple kept a lovely home that was refuge and resort to their many friends. Ruth enjoyed a privileged upbringing and studied art in New York with William Merritt Chase at the Art Students League. She would later study art in Paris and London, as well. By 1903, she was teaching illustration classes at the Art Students League. That year she also took two first place prizes in the Queens-Nassau Fair for a black a... Read full biography
Ruth Eastman - Artist Info
About Ruth Eastman: Books
Books & Publications (7)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Covers of the Saturday Evening Post Seventy Years of Outstanding Illustration
1995
Cohn, Jan
298 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900
1985
Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie