Ford, Ruth Van Sickle, 1897-1989

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Ruth Van Sickle Ford was a painter and the first woman admitted to the Palette and Chisel Club in Chicago. She was president and owner of the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts from 1936 to 1960, her best known students were Walt Disney and William Mauldin.

From the description of Ruth Van Sickle Ford papers, 1924-1986. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86122893

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referencedIn Souvenir programs for theatrical productions, 1906-2005. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Ford, Ruth Van Sickle. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
referencedIn New Directions Publishing records Houghton Library
referencedIn George Lynes Platt photographs, 1935-1953. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Ruth Van Sickle Ford papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. Papers, 1870-1969 Houghton Library
referencedIn Robert D. Graff collection of papers concerning Karen Blixen, 1934-1972 (inclusive), 1953-1967 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. Additional papers, 1870-1969. Houghton Library
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associatedWith Buck, Claude, 1890-1974. person
associatedWith Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. corporateBody
correspondedWith Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962 person
associatedWith Goff, Bruce, 1904- person
associatedWith Graff, Robert D., 1919- person
associatedWith Lynes, George Platt, 1907-1955 person
associatedWith New Directions Publishing Corp. corporateBody
associatedWith Werntz, Carl N. (Carl Newland), 1874-1944. person
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Illinois--Chicago
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Educators
Painters
Women painters
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Birth 1897-08-08

Death 1989-04-18

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