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Ruth Cyril
Ruth Cyril c. 1960
Born
Ruth Goldfarb
NationalityAmerican
Known forPrintmaking

Ruth Cyril (1920 – 1988), also known as B. Cyril, was an American printmaker.[1][2][3]

Early life

She was born Ruth Goldfarb on 1920 in New York City.[1] Her date of birth is reported variously as 1920 or 1938, likely as a result of her name change to Cyril.[1][4]

She studied at Greenwich House Art School, the School of Contemporary Art, New York University, The New School and the Art Students League of New York.[5]

Art career

Cyril was a member of the New York printmakers' group Atelier 17.[1] Her work is included in the collections of the Seattle Art Museum,[6] the National Gallery of Art, Washington,[7] the Victoria and Albert Museum, London,[8] the Art Institute of Chicago[3] the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,[9] the Indianapolis Museum of Art,[4] and the Albright Knox Art Gallery.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Weyl, Christina (2019). The Women of Atelier 17: Modernist Printmaking in Midcentury New York. ISBN 9780300238501.
  2. ^ a b "Ruth Cyril". Albright-Knox. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Ruth Cyril". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Moonlit Pond". Indianapolis Museum of Art Online Collection. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Ruth Cyril". Art in Embassies. U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Ruth Cyril – Artists – eMuseum". Seattle Art Museum. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Ruth Cyril". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  8. ^ "L'Attraction du Soleil. | Cyril, Ruth | V&A Search the Collections". 12 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Roseaux". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 13 April 2020.