Oral history interview with Ruth Gikow

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Oral history interview with Ruth Gikow

1964

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An interview of Ruth Gikow conducted by Harlan Phillips in 1964 for the Archives of American Art.

1 sound tape reel ; 7 in.; Transcript: 29 p.

Archives of American Art

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SNAC Resource ID: 7025260

Archives of American Art

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New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.

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Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-

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Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)

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Gikow, Ruth, 1915-1982

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Ruth Gikow (b. 1915-d. 1982), painter, printmaker, muralist, illustrator, seriographer. She was born in the Russian Ukraine, emigrating to New York City with her parents in 1920. She studied under John Steuart Curry at the Cooper Union Art School from 1932-1935. She also studied with Louis Ross, Louis Schanker and Raphael Soyer. After working as an assistant mural painter on the Federal Art Project, Gikow was awarded a commission to paint a mural for the Bronx Hospital. Her book illustrations in...