Armer, Ruth, 1896-1977

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Ruth Armer Bransten (1896-1977) was a San Francisco painter who was a student, faculty member, and a trustee of the San Francisco Art Institute. Her artwork was displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Smithsonian.

From the description of Ruth Armer collection, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80904451

Painter; San Francisco, Calif.; b. 1896; d. 1977. Armer studied at the Mark Hopkins and later in New York City with Henri, Bellows, and Sloan. During her career she worked as a commercial illustrator as well as a landscape and portrait artist. In the late thirties she experimented with abstraction, a tendency reinforced by contact with the California School of Fine Arts abstract expressionist movement in the late forties. She taught for years in the Bay area and was an active exhibiting artist until her death.

From the description of Ruth Armer papers, 1911-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122648057

Ruth Armer (1896-1977) was a painter and art collector from San Francisco, Calif.

From the description of Oral history interview with Ruth Armer, 1974 Aug. 14 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595036

Painter and art collector (San Francisco, Calif.); b. 1896; d. 1977.

From the description of Ruth Armer interview, 1974 Aug. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220178234

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creatorOf Armer, Ruth, 1896-1977. Ruth Armer artist file. Whitney Museum of American Art, Library
creatorOf Ruth Armer papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Armer, Ruth, 1896-1977. Ruth Armer collection, undated. Judah L. Magnes Memorial Museum, Rabbi Morris Goldstein Library
referencedIn Armer, Ruth, 1896- : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn [Photographs of artists taken by Mimi Jacobs, photographer] Archives of American Art
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referencedIn Oral history interview with Louis Siegriest Archives of American Art
creatorOf Oral history interview with Ruth Armer Archives of American Art
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associatedWith Art Students League (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Bellows, George, 1882-1925. person
correspondedWith Bransten, Joseph person
associatedWith Henri, Robert, 1865-1929. person
associatedWith Jacobs, Mimi person
associatedWith Karlstrom, Paul J., person
associatedWith National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.) corporateBody
associatedWith Siegriest, 1899-1989 person
associatedWith Sloan, John, 1871-1951. person
associatedWith Stein, Leo, 1872-1947. person
associatedWith Weber, Max, 1881-1961. person
associatedWith Whitney Museum of American Art. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
California--San Francisco
California
California
Washington (D.C.)
California--San Francisco
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Art
Art museums
Jewish women artists
Jews
Painters
Painters
Women painters
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Birth 1896-05-26

Death 1977-08-29

Female

Americans

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