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1915 Ukraine, Russia - 1982 New York City. Known for: Figurative expression, landscape painting.
The following biography is from George Krevsky:. Ruth Gikow was born in the Russian Ukraine, the daughter of Boris and Lena Gikow. When she was five, her family emigrated to the Lower East Side of... Read full biography
The following biography is from George Krevsky:. Ruth Gikow was born in the Russian Ukraine, the daughter of Boris and Lena Gikow. When she was five, her family emigrated to the Lower East Side of New York. With a zest for living she never lost, she overcame the language barrier quickly and... Read full biography
The following biography is from George Krevsky:. Ruth Gikow was born in the Russian Ukraine, the daughter of Boris and Lena Gikow. When she was five, her family emigrated to the Lower East Side of New York. With a zest for living she never lost, she overcame the language barrier quickly and survived the teeming streets, diverting her tough cronies with chalk drawings on the sidewalk. She won distinction for her artwork at Washington Irving High School, which had one of the strongest art... Read full biography
The following biography is from George Krevsky:. Ruth Gikow was born in the Russian Ukraine, the daughter of Boris and Lena Gikow. When she was five, her family emigrated to the Lower East Side of New York. With a zest for living she never lost, she overcame the language barrier quickly and survived the teeming streets, diverting her tough cronies with chalk drawings on the sidewalk. She won distinction for her artwork at Washington Irving High School, which had one of the strongest art departments in New York City. At age 17, Gikow entered Cooper Union Art School and studied under two well known regional artists, Austin Purvis, Jr. and John Steuart Curry. She continued her studies under Raphael Soyer and held an impromptu showing of her... Read full biography
The following biography is from George Krevsky:. Ruth Gikow was born in the Russian Ukraine, the daughter of Boris and Lena Gikow. When she was five, her family emigrated to the Lower East Side of New York. With a zest for living she never lost, she overcame the language barrier quickly and survived the teeming streets, diverting her tough cronies with chalk drawings on the sidewalk. She won distinction for her artwork at Washington Irving High School, which had one of the strongest art departments in New York City. At age 17, Gikow entered Cooper Union Art School and studied under two well known regional artists, Austin Purvis, Jr. and John Steuart Curry. She continued her studies under Raphael Soyer and held an impromptu showing of her earliest paintings in the lobby of the Eighth Street Playhouse in Greenwich Village. After art school,... Read full biography
Ruth Levine Gikow - Artist Info
About Ruth Levine Gikow: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (9)
All MuseumsEverson Museum Of Art
401 Harrison Street
Community Plaza
Syracuse, NY 13202Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Museum of Modern Art, New York
11 West 53rd Street
New York City, NY 10019National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004Oklahoma City Museum of Art, OKCMOA
415 Couch Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73102Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives
Po Box 7646
Philadelphia, PA 19101Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014Woodstock Artists Association Museum
28 Tinker Street
Woodstock, NY 12498