Ruth Manerva Bennett was born in Momence, IL on Feb. 11, 1899. She studied at the Art Students League in New York City under George Bridgman and John Fabian Carlson. After settling in Los Angeles in... Read full biography
Ruth Manerva Bennett was born in Momence, IL on Feb. 11, 1899. She studied at the Art Students League in New York City under George Bridgman and John Fabian Carlson. After settling in Los Angeles in the 1920s, she further studied at Chouinard and Otis Art Institutes and with Emily Mocine, Armin... Read full biography
Ruth Manerva Bennett was born in Momence, IL on Feb. 11, 1899. She studied at the Art Students League in New York City under George Bridgman and John Fabian Carlson. After settling in Los Angeles in the 1920s, she further studied at Chouinard and Otis Art Institutes and with Emily Mocine, Armin Hansen, Karoly Fulop, E. Vysekal, R. Schroeder, and M. Sheets. While active in the local art scene, she taught wood carving at El Monte Union High School and in the Los Angeles public schools. Bennett... Read full biography
Ruth Manerva Bennett was born in Momence, IL on Feb. 11, 1899. She studied at the Art Students League in New York City under George Bridgman and John Fabian Carlson. After settling in Los Angeles in the 1920s, she further studied at Chouinard and Otis Art Institutes and with Emily Mocine, Armin Hansen, Karoly Fulop, E. Vysekal, R. Schroeder, and M. Sheets. While active in the local art scene, she taught wood carving at El Monte Union High School and in the Los Angeles public schools. Bennett died in Los Angeles on July 21, 1960. Exhibitions:. California Art Club, 1925-33; Pomona Fair, 1926; Painters & Sculptors of LA, 1926-32; San Diego FA Gallery, 1927; LA Co. Fair, 1927-37; Nicholson Gallery (Pasadena), 1928; Younger Painters of LA,... Read full biography
Ruth Manerva Bennett was born in Momence, IL on Feb. 11, 1899. She studied at the Art Students League in New York City under George Bridgman and John Fabian Carlson. After settling in Los Angeles in the 1920s, she further studied at Chouinard and Otis Art Institutes and with Emily Mocine, Armin Hansen, Karoly Fulop, E. Vysekal, R. Schroeder, and M. Sheets. While active in the local art scene, she taught wood carving at El Monte Union High School and in the Los Angeles public schools. Bennett died in Los Angeles on July 21, 1960. Exhibitions:. California Art Club, 1925-33; Pomona Fair, 1926; Painters & Sculptors of LA, 1926-32; San Diego FA Gallery, 1927; LA Co. Fair, 1927-37; Nicholson Gallery (Pasadena), 1928; Younger Painters of LA, 1929; Arizona State Fair, 1931 (2nd prize); Calif. WC Society, 1931-33; Oakland Art Gallery, 1932-33; Santa C. Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in... Read full biography
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Santa Cruz Art League Statewide Art Exhibition Index, First through Twenty-Seventh, 1928-1957 (Publications in California Art, No. 12)
2015
Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall
547 pages
Emerging from the Shadows: Volume One (A-D) A Survey of Women Artists Working in California, 1860-1960
2015
St. Gaudens, Maurine (Editor)
0 pages (color)
Arizona's Pioneering Women Artists: Impressions of the Grand Canyon State Directory Listing of 479 Women Before 1945 (Exhibition catalog)