Ruth Light Braun Art
American, 1906-2003
Painter Ruth Light Braun was born into a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, USA in 1906. After graduating from high school with honor's in art, she enrolled at the Cooper Union Art College for Women in New York, where she took classes in painting and costume design. She worked as a freelance illustrator and her work was published in several books and magazines including the New Yorker. She also studied with the German-born painter Winhold Reiss, who had established his own school of art in New York in 1916, inspired by his portraits of American ethnic communities, which she afterwards made the major focus of her own work. She frequently drew her subjects against backdrops that reflected their daily lives including subway stations, department stores and the Lower East Side neighborhood's that were home to many Jewish immigrants.to
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Colorful Pictorial of Houses Seaside
By Ruth Light Braun
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C. 20th Century - Adorable Portrait of houses on a shore ( Oil on Paper )
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Paper
UNTITLED (CLEANING CREW)
By Ruth Light Braun
Located in Portland, ME
Braun, Ruth Light (American, 1906-2003). UNTITLED (CLEANING CREW). Lithograph, not dated, but likely 1930s. Edition size not stated. Signed in pencil, lower left. 13 3/8 x 10 1/2 inc...
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Beautiful Portrait of Venice by Ruth Light Braun
By Ruth Light Braun
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C. 20th Century - Beautiful Painting of Venice done by Ruth Light Braun
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Gritty Street Scene with Parked Cars - Roaring Twenties New York
By Ruth Light Braun
Located in Miami, FL
A gritty New York City street scene with period Roaring Twenties Cars and stuffed metal garbage cans is depicted by female artist Ruth Light Braun. ...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Ruth Light Braun Art
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