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Artist: Jan De Ruth
Moments of Morpheus, Nude Lithograph by Jan De Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Moments of Morpheus
Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922–1991)
Lithograph, signed, numbered, and titled in pencil
Edition of 137/150
Image Size: 18.5 x 33 inches
Size: 24.25 x 29.25 in. (61.6 x ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Jan De Ruth Art
Materials
Lithograph
Crossed Arms (Portrait of a Blond), Nude Portrait by Jan De Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Crossed Arms (Portrait of a Blonde)
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 35 in. x 25 in. (88.9 cm x 63.5 cm)
Frame Size: 44 x ...
Category
1960s Expressionist Jan De Ruth Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Girl, Oil Portrait Painting by Jan de Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Portrait of a Girl
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l.
Size: 14 in. x 10 in. (35.56 cm x 25.4 cm)
Frame Size: 21 x 17...
Category
1960s Modern Jan De Ruth Art
Materials
Oil
Reflections, Impressionist Screenprint by Jan de Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Reflections
Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922–1991)
Date: circa 1970
Screenprint, signed, numbered and titled in pencil
Edition of HC
Image Size: 25 x 16.5 inches
Size: 29 x 23 in. (73.66 x 5...
Category
1970s Jan De Ruth Art
Materials
Screen
Ivory White, Nude Oil Painting by Jan De Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jan de Ruth's Impressionist painting of a nude woman with her back to the viewer. She turns and looks over her shoulder, exposing her face and chest to us. The only garment she wears...
Category
1960s Jan De Ruth Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dressing Room, Modern Art Lithograph by Jan De Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Standing in a circle, the three women in this print by Jan De Ruth wear leotards with tights as they try on costumes in a dressing room. Showing the behind-the-scenes action of a dan...
Category
1970s Jan De Ruth Art
Materials
Lithograph
Nude
By Jan De Ruth
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Nude" is an oil painting on canvas by noted Czech/American artist Jan De Ruth, 1922-1991. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas size is 16 x 13 inches, framed size is 24 x 21 inches. Framed in the original wooden gold and black antique style frame, with fabric liner and gold bevel. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Born Karlsbad, Czechoslovakia
Studied: Rotter Art School, Prague; Ruskin Art School, Oxford University, England; ASL New York; New School, NY; also with Frederic Taubes.
Exhibited: 38 National Juried Exhibitions, 14 Museum Solo Shows and 51 Gallery Solo Exhibitions.
Author: Portrait Painting, 1964; Painting the Nude, 1968.
De Ruth, a native of Czechoslovakia and an American citizen, spent the years of World War II being shunted through five different concentration camps, including the infamous Auschwitz. He made four escape attempts and finally made good on his fifth try.
De Ruth constantly sought materials with which to draw, but "The only things we had were the few pieces of cloth we wore," he recalls. By chance, he was transferred to Germany as part of a labor detail and managed to sneak a pencil away from the camp supervisor. "I became a perfect thief during those years," he says. De Ruth drew a mother and child on a scrap of paper he scrounged from the factory where he worked and filled it in with shadings of coffee in various strengths-his finger was his brush. He exchanged the sketch for a piece of bread from a camp guard, and in effect, sold his first painting.
In March of 1945, after being transferred to his native Czechoslovakia, he made his successful escape "knowing every step of the way." After the war, De Ruth became the commissar in a small Czech town and remained in the post for one year, just long enough to forge some documents that allowed him to flee to England. He took up residence in London and enrolled at the Ruskin Art School in Oxford University. He arrived in the USA in 1948.
There are times in the life of a painter when his dedication to his art is overshadowed by the immediate requirements of self-preservation. This was one of those times! From '48 to 1955 he supported himself by working at night, earning his way painting designs on neckties and bathroom cups...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Jan De Ruth Art
Materials
Oil
Reclining Nude, Pastel Drawing by Jan de Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Sleeping Woman II
Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922–1991)
Date: circa 1970
Pastel on Paper, signed
Size: 9 in. x 16 in. (22.86 cm x 40.64 cm)
Frame Size: 16.5 x 27 inches
Category
1970s American Impressionist Jan De Ruth Art
Materials
Oil Pastel
Three Dancers by Jan De Ruth, Oil on Canvas Painting by Jan de Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Three Dancers
Year: circa 1965
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 36 x 28 inches
Frame Size: 42 x 34 inches
Category
1960s American Impressionist Jan De Ruth Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
After the Bath (Edition 19/250)
By Jan De Ruth
Located in New York, NY
Jan De Ruth (American/ Czech, 1922-1991), " After the Bath" Edition 19/250, Figurative Lithograph on Paper signed and titled in Pencil, 30 x 21 (Image: 25 x 15.50), ca. 1970s, Late 20th Century
Colors: Blue, Yellow, Red, Grey, White, Purple
Jan De Ruth enjoyed special popularity as a portrait artist and has become one of the best known painters of the nude female in the world today.
It's a long way from sketching in leftover coffee to painting a portrait of Ethel Kennedy for the cover of Time Magazine, twenty-five years in fact; and during that period, Jan De Ruth's personal experiences have been enough to fill two ordinary lifetimes. Through them all, art has sustained him and been his primary interest.
To begin with, De Ruth, a native of Czechoslovakia and now an American citizen, spent the years of World War II being shunted through 5 different concentration camps, including the infamous Auschwitz. He made four escape attempts and finally made good on his fifth try.
De Ruth constantly sought materials with which to draw, but "The only things we had were the few pieces of cloth we wore," he recalls. By chance, he was transferred to Germany as part of a labor detail and managed to sneak a pencil away from the camp supervisor-"I became a perfect thief during those years," he says. Jan drew a mother and child on a scrap of paper he scrounged from the factory where he worked, filled it in with shadings of coffee in various strengths-his finger was his brush. He exchanged the sketch for a piece of bread from a camp guard, and in effect, sold his first painting.
In March of 1945, after being transferred to his native Czechoslovakia, he made his successful escape "knowing every step of the way." After the war, De Ruth became the commissar in a small Czech town and remained in the post for one year, just long enough to forge some documents that allowed him to flee to England. He took up residence in London and enrolled at the Ruskin Art School in Oxford University. He arrived in the USA in 1948.
There are times in the life of a painter when his dedication to his art is overshadowed by the immediate requirements of self-preservation. This was one of those times! From '48 to 1955 he supported himself by working at night, earning his way painting designs on neckties and bathroom cups; as a fashion designer, illustrator, vacuum cleaner salesman, theatre manager, and actor. In '55 Jan De Ruth made his professional debut as a full-time artist and two years later his first one-man show established him as a serious painter.
His work has been acclaimed for combining the technique of the old masters with a modern manner, and has been exhibited in more than 40 one-man shows in galleries and museums across the United States. He has been judged positively by juries in 28 national exhibitions and his numerous awards include the Purchase Prize of the Butler Institute of American Art, and the Gold Medal of the National Arts Club.
De Ruth, author of the books "Portrait Painting" and "Painting the Nude," has devoted his entire life to painting the female face and form. He enjoys special popularity as a portraitist and has become one of the best known painters of the nude female in the world today. Often asked why he concentrates on this most demanding of all art subjects he replies: . . . "Each painting of the nude becomes a new experience . . . It (the human figure) is nature's most perfect and most imperfect creation, communicating, even in silence and immobility, the physical and spiritual power-and frailty-of humanity."
Articulate, sophisticated, outspoken and well informed, De Ruth has also been a welcome guest on radio and television shows. But, it is painting that gives a purpose to Jan De Ruth's existence: "It is an unending challenge-there is no end, no final result-to be found in painting the human body. I have never seen two gestures that are alike, but so are the possibilities of expression. There will always be painters who will find one more way of saying: "See! This is what I feel about humans." . . . So until a greater challenge and a more profound symbol comes along, it is the human figure I wish to paint."
AWARDS
Butler Institute of American Art Purchase Prize
Oguniquit Art Center
Knickerbocker Artist 1964
Audubon Artist, Grumbacher Purchase Prize
National Arts Club of America Gold Medal
Windsor-Newton Award of the National Arts Club
ONE MAN MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
B'nai B'rith Museum - Washington D.C.
Florida Gulf Coast Art...
Category
1970s Academic Jan De Ruth Art
Materials
Lithograph
Sisters of Rind
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Sisters of Rind
Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922–1991)
Date: circa 1965
Oil on Canvas, signed lower right
Size: 48 in. x 30 in. (121.92 cm x 76.2 cm)
Frame Size: 56 x 38 inches
Category
1960s American Impressionist Jan De Ruth Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Farewell
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Farewell
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l.
Size: 18 in. x 10 in. (45.72 cm x 25.4 cm)
Frame Size: 23 x 15 inches
Category
1960s Impressionist Jan De Ruth Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Afternoon, Oil Painting by Jan de Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Afternoon
Year: circa 1965
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed
Size: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
Frame Size: 26 x 22 inches
Category
1960s Expressionist Jan De Ruth Art
Materials
Oil
Dressing Room
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Dressing Room
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Oil on Canvas. signed l.r.
Size: 20 in. x 10 in. (50.8 cm x 25.4 c...
Category
1960s Impressionist Jan De Ruth Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Young Dancer, Framed Oil Painting by Jan De Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan de Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Young Dancer
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l.
Size: 44 in. x 18 in. (111.76 cm x 45.72 ...
Category
1960s American Realist Jan De Ruth Art
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Sonia, Oil Painting by Jan De Ruth c1950
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Portrait of Sonia Berg
Year: circa 1950
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l.
Size: 24 in. x 20 in. (60.96 cm x 50.8 cm)
Frame Size: 33 x...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Jan De Ruth Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Red Chair, Oil Painting by Jan De Ruth 1964
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Red Chair
Year: 1964
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l.
Size: 36 in. x 24 in. (91.44 cm x 60.96 cm)
Frame Size: 44 x 32 inches
Category
1960s Abstract Impressionist Jan De Ruth Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seated Girl
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Seated Girl
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Pastel on Paper, signed l.r.
Size: 15.5 in. x 11 in. (39.37 cm x 27.94 cm)
Frame Size: 24 x 19.5 ...
Category
1960s Impressionist Jan De Ruth Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Resting Nude, Large Oil Painting by Jan De Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Resting
Year: circa 1965
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 26 x 48 in. (66.04 x 121.92 cm)
Frame Size: 33 x 55 inches
Category
1960s American Impressionist Jan De Ruth Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Another Question
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Another Question
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 28 in. x 22 in. (71.12 cm x 55.88 cm)
Frame Size: 35.5 x 29...
Category
1960s Impressionist Jan De Ruth Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Oil Painting by Jan de Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l.
Size: 20 in. x 18 in. (50.8 cm x 45.72 cm)
F...
Category
1960s Modern Jan De Ruth Art
Materials
Oil
Red Shoes, Oil Painting on Canvas by Jan De Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: The Red Shoes
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l.
Size: 33 x 23 in. (83.82 x 58.42 cm)
Frame ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Jan De Ruth Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Early Hours
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: The Early Hours
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 44 in. x 21 in. (111.76 cm x 53.34 cm)
Frame Size: 50 x 27 inches
Category
1960s American Realist Jan De Ruth Art
Materials
Oil
Seated Nude
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Seated Nude
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower left
Size: 36 in. x 24 in. (91.44 cm x...
Category
1960s American Realist Jan De Ruth Art
Materials
Oil
Seated Nude with Orange Blanket, Oil Painting by Jan de Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Seated Nude with Orange Blanket
Year: circa 1965
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 40 x 32 in. (101.6 x 81.28 cm)
Frame Size: 4...
Category
1960s American Realist Jan De Ruth Art
Materials
Oil
Azaki, Nude Portrait Oil on Canvas by Jan De Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Azaki
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 36 x 24 in. (91.44 x 60.96 cm)
Frame Size: 43 x 31 inches
Category
1960s American Impressionist Jan De Ruth Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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