Ruth Wall
Untitled
c.1960

About the Item

This artwork "Untitled" is an oil painting on canvas by noted American artist Ruth Wall, 1917-2009. It is signed in the back by the artist. The canvas size is 10.15 x 20 inches, framed size is 13.85 x 22.75. It is custom framed in a wooden gold frame. The painting is in excellent condition, the frame has some scratches and will be replaced if buyer wish, by a similar (not exactly the same) gold frame when is sold. It will be done at no extra cost. This will bring the over all condition to excellent. About the artist: Ruth A. Wall was born in Wyoming on September 10, 1917 but moved to a homestead on an Indian reservation in Uintah, Utah in 1919. After graduating from high school at age 16 she left home to attend college, graduating at age 20 and began teaching high school at age 21. She moved to Los Angeles where she became an Army materials inspector during WWII. She moved to Northern California and became a pilot, but entered the service as a WAC. Here she trained as a physical therapist and became an officer. She remained in the service until 1949. In 1950 she entered the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco, studying there until leaving for Paris in 1952 where she moved into the Academie Frochot. Returning to the CSFA in 1955 she worked as an artist until she had to take a job to make a living in 1957. Most of her work in printmaking was done in 1952, before leaving for Paris. They are, for the most part, gestural, Abstract Expressionist lithographs, done on the press at the CSFA at night after everyone had gone home. Her teachers were James Budd Dixon, Robert McChesney and, after 1955, Nate Oliviera and fellow students included James Kelly, Deborah Remington, James Wasserstein and Sonia Gechtoff. Ruth Wall died on December 14, 2009 in Vernal, Utah. Selected Exhibitions 1951 California School of Fine Arts 1952 Academie Frochot 1952 Chico State College 1953 Musee des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris 1954 Salon des Realities Nouvelles, Paris 1954 Artists Cooperative 1955 Gallery 6 1956 East and West Gallery 1956 L’Envol Gallery 1958 Green Gallery 1961 Wildwood Gallery 1967 Terra Linda Art Festival 1967 Art Exchange Gallery Selected Collections The San Jose Museum The Crocker Museum of Sacramento

Creator:

Ruth Wall (1917 - 2009)

Creation Year:

c.1960

Dimensions:

Height: 13.85 in (35.18 cm)Width: 22.75 in (57.79 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)

Medium:

Oil

Movement & Style:

Abstract

Period:

Mid-20th Century