Ruth Chaney

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Ruth Chaney
Born1908 (1908)
Kansas City, Missouri
Died1973 (aged 64–65)
NationalityAmerican
Known forPrintmaking

Ruth Chaney (1908-1973) was an American artist known for her printmaking.

Biography[]

Chaney was born in 1908 in Kansas City, Missouri.[1] She create serigraphs for the Work Projects Administration.[2] Chaney led a subway art division, one of the many committees set up by the . The committee invited union members to create art that would stand up to the harsh conditions of the subway.[3] She was included in the 1938 MoMA show "Subway art".[4]

Chaney's work was also included in the 1940 MoMA show American Color Prints Under $10. The show was organized as a vehicle for bringing affordable fine art prints to the general public.[5]

Her work is in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum[1] the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago,[6] and the National Gallery of Art,[7]

Chaney was the recipient of a MacDowell fellowship in 1942. She was a resident of the Adams studio at the MacDowell Colony.[8]

Chaney died in 1973.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Ruth Chaney". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Playground 1935–43, Ruth Chaney American". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  3. ^ Harrison, Helen A. (1981). "Subway Art and the Public Use of Arts Committee". Archives of American Art Journal. 21 (2): 3–12. doi:10.1086/aaa.21.2.1557305. ISSN 0003-9853. JSTOR 1557305. S2CID 222334831.
  4. ^ "Subway art, Master checklist" (PDF). The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Press release for "American Color Prints Under $10"" (PDF). Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Ruth Chaney". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Ruth Chaney". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Ruth Chaney - Artist". MacDowell Colony. Retrieved 12 January 2020.

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