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Artist: Ruth Gikow
original lithograph

original lithograph

By Ruth Gikow

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1953 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1953 Spr...

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1950s Ruth Gikow Art

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Lithograph

Modernist Beach Scene Painting, Playing Ball in Surf, WPA Jewish Woman Artist
Modernist Beach Scene Painting, Playing Ball in Surf, WPA Jewish Woman Artist

Modernist Beach Scene Painting, Playing Ball in Surf, WPA Jewish Woman Artist

By Ruth Gikow

Located in Surfside, FL

Modernist beach scene; signed lower right; image size is 11.5 x 8.5 inches, framed it measures Ruth Gikow (January 6, 1915 Ukraine - 1982 New York City) was an Important American Jewish woman visual artist known primarily for her work as a genre painter. Her paintings often depict human figures interacting with an urban environment. Ruth Gikow was born in 1915 in the Ukraine. Her father, Boris, was a photographer and her mother was named Lena. In 1920 she emigrated to New York City due to civil war and pogroms against the Jewish community. The pilgrimage took around two years. Once in New York City, the Gikow family found themselves in poverty, rather than the middle-class comfort they enjoyed in Ukraine. Ruth Gikow's skill was prominent even in youth, as she excelled in drawing in elementary school and entered Washington Irving High School at age thirteen in which she furthered her art prowess. Later, she studied at the Cooper Union Art School, where she studied under school director Austin Purvis, Jr. and regional artist John Steuart Curry. In her second year of Art School, she was awarded a scholarship which she used to work with fellow painter Raphael Soyer. She joined the New York City WPA Federal Art Project in 1935, where she was allowed to dedicate herself to her artwork full-time. In 1939, inspired by the muralists Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, she applied and later won a commission to paint murals for Bronx Hospital, Rockefeller Center and the New York World's Fair. After the events of Pearl Harbor and once the Federal Arts Project was abandoned, Gikow's murals were sought after by New York department stores wishing to commission wall paintings. Gikow became disillusioned with mural painting due to the commercial aspect of these commissions. With other associates, she founded the American Serigraph Society (along with Anthony Velonis, Lena Gurr, Robert Gwathmey, Leonard Pytlak, Harry Shoulberg, Russell Twiggs...

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1960s American Modern Ruth Gikow Art

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Paint, Paper

“Woman over looking the city”
“Woman over looking the city”

“Woman over looking the city”

By Ruth Gikow

Located in Warren, NJ

Ruth Gikow Original Oil Painting On Canvas. One of Ruth’s best pieces measures 50x40. Painting needs to relined or touched up.

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20th Century Ruth Gikow Art

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Oil

original lithograph

original lithograph

By Ruth Gikow

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1957 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1957 Spr...

Category

1950s Ruth Gikow Art

Materials

Lithograph

'Chorus Line', Cooper Union, WPA, MoMA, Metropolitan, Smithsonian, Woman Artist
'Chorus Line', Cooper Union, WPA, MoMA, Metropolitan, Smithsonian, Woman Artist

'Chorus Line', Cooper Union, WPA, MoMA, Metropolitan, Smithsonian, Woman Artist

By Ruth Gikow

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Signed lower left, 'Gikow' for Ruth Levine Gikow (Russian-American, 1915-1982); with original New York, Kennedy Gallery gallery label bearing artist information and dated 1974. Photo...

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1970s Post-Impressionist Ruth Gikow Art

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Canvas, Oil

original lithograph

original lithograph

By Ruth Gikow

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1956 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 19...

Category

1950s Ruth Gikow Art

Materials

Lithograph

original lithograph

original lithograph

By Ruth Gikow

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1954 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1954 Spr...

Category

1950s Ruth Gikow Art

Materials

Lithograph

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original lithograph

By Ruth Gikow

Located in Henderson, NV

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1950s Ruth Gikow Art

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