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Ruth Armer
Low Fog

1939

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£906.84
€1,061.63
CA$1,675.77
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CHF 998.96
MX$23,282.24
NOK 12,246.14
SEK 11,766.85
DKK 7,919.09
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This artwork titled "Low Fog" 1939 is an oil painting on canvas board by noted California artist Ruth Armer, 1896-1977. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. With the San Francisco Museum of Art exhibition tag affixed on the back. The canvas board size is 24 x 20 inches. it is in excellent condition. About the artist: A painter, educator and lithographer, Ruth Armer was born in San Francisco and spent her career in that city. She attended the California School of Fine Arts, 1914-1915, 1918-1919 and studied in New York at the Art Students League with George Bellows, Robert Henri, and John Sloan. Armer taught at the California School of Fine Arts from 1933 to 1940. Her painting styles ranged from abstract to representational. Literature 2005 Davenport, Ray. Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2005 Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor). The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists 2004 Landauer, Susan. San Francisco and Second Wave: The Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism 2002 Hughes, Edan Milton. Artists in California: 1786-1940 1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor). Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975, 3 volumes 1998 Kovinick, Phil; Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick. An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West 1996 Landauer, Susan. The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism 1995 Trenton, Patricia (Editor); Sandra E'Emilio, Erika Doss (et al). Independent Spirits: Women Painters of the American West 1890-1945 1989 Moore, Sylvia (editor). Yesterday and Tomorrow: California Women Artists 1989 Hughes, Edan Milton. Artists in California, 1786-1940 1985 DuPont, Diana, K Holland. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection 1985 Petteys, Chris. Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Before 1900 1985 Dawdy, Doris. Artists of the American West: A Biographical Dictionary (3 volumes) 1985 Falk, Peter Hastings. Who Was Who in American Art:Artists Active Between 1898-1947 1985 Albright, Thomas. Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980: An Illustrated History 1976 San Francisco Museum Modern Art. Painting & Sculpture in California, The Modern Era 1975 Smithsonian (Editor). Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection 1958 Art Bank of the San Francisco Art Association (SFAA). Painting and Sculpture (in) 1956 Pousette-Dart, Nathaniel (Editor). American Painting Today 1956 Long Beach Municipal Art Center. California Painting - 40 Painters1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge. Index of Artists: International-Biographical, Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Selected Museums Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA), San Francisco, California Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California Selected Exhibition 1975 Quay Gallery. San Francisco, California 1972 Quay Gallery. San Francisco, California 1939 San Francisco Museum of Art. San Francisco, California 1936 San Francisco Museum of Art. San Francisco, California 1922 Vickery, Atkins & Torrey Art Gallery. San Francisco, California Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Creator:
    Ruth Armer (1896 - 1977)
  • Creation Year:
    1939
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 20 in (50.8 cm)Depth: 0.1 in (2.54 mm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
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  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    San Francisco, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: arm/low/fog/011stDibs: LU666311053382

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