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1897 Aurora, Illinois - 1989 Aurora, Illinois. Known for: Portrait, landscape and still life paintings, teaching.
Ruth VanSickle Ford (August 8, 1897 – April 18, 1989) was an American painter, art teacher, and owner of the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. She credited artists George Bellows, who influenced her... Read full biography
Ruth VanSickle Ford (August 8, 1897 – April 18, 1989) was an American painter, art teacher, and owner of the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. She credited artists George Bellows, who influenced her interest in social realism, and John Carlson, who founded the School of Landscape Painting in Woodstock,... Read full biography
Ruth VanSickle Ford (August 8, 1897 – April 18, 1989) was an American painter, art teacher, and owner of the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. She credited artists George Bellows, who influenced her interest in social realism, and John Carlson, who founded the School of Landscape Painting in Woodstock, New York, with helping her to develop her talent. She traveled and made paintings in the United States, Caribbean and South America. An award-winner, her works are in many permanent public and... Read full biography
Ruth VanSickle Ford (August 8, 1897 – April 18, 1989) was an American painter, art teacher, and owner of the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. She credited artists George Bellows, who influenced her interest in social realism, and John Carlson, who founded the School of Landscape Painting in Woodstock, New York, with helping her to develop her talent. She traveled and made paintings in the United States, Caribbean and South America. An award-winner, her works are in many permanent public and private collections. A book has been written about her entitled Warm Light, Cool Shadows: The Life and Art of Ruth VanSickle Ford. Ruth VanSickle was born August 8, 1897 in Aurora, Illinois to Charles P. VanSickle and Anna Miller, who had immigrated from... Read full biography
Ruth VanSickle Ford (August 8, 1897 – April 18, 1989) was an American painter, art teacher, and owner of the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. She credited artists George Bellows, who influenced her interest in social realism, and John Carlson, who founded the School of Landscape Painting in Woodstock, New York, with helping her to develop her talent. She traveled and made paintings in the United States, Caribbean and South America. An award-winner, her works are in many permanent public and private collections. A book has been written about her entitled Warm Light, Cool Shadows: The Life and Art of Ruth VanSickle Ford. Ruth VanSickle was born August 8, 1897 in Aurora, Illinois to Charles P. VanSickle and Anna Miller, who had immigrated from Germany in 1879. The VanSickles, who owned the restaurant The Rookery, were married about 1891. She was an only child and grew up on the... Read full biography
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Keywords (34)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
- •Street Scenes, Street Genre
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Rockport, Massachusetts
Art Association
- •American Artists Professional League
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
- •Association of Chicago Painters and Sculptors
- •Chicago Society of Artists
- •Palette & Chisel Club, Chicago
- •Rockport Art Association-
Art Teacher
- •Carl Newland Werntz
- •George Bellows
- •John Fabian Carlson
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Chicago Academy/School of Fine Arts, Student
- •Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine art, Chicago
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Friedman Collection-Chicago
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
- •Illinois Women Artists Project, Listed
- •Tree Studio Building Artist, Chicago
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Grand Central Art Galleries, New York City
Exhibition of Art Association
- •American Artists Professional League-
- •Chicago Society of Artists-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Palette & Chisel Club, Chicago-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago