About Ruth Kerkovius
Lived 1921 – 2007 (aged 85). Ruth Kerkovius was a Latvian painter and printmaker.
Ruth Kerkovius (9 June 1921 – 23 January 2007) was a German-born artist known for her printmaking, painting, and textile design.
Biography Kerkovius was born in 1921 in Berlin, Germany. She spent her youth in Riga, Latvia, relocating to Munich, Germany to study at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
Her work is in the collections of the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Library of Congress, The National Gallery of Art, the University of Chicago, and Wesleyan University.
Kerkovius died in 2007.
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Who was Ruth Kerkovius?
German American artist (1921–2007)
When was Ruth Kerkovius born?
Ruth Kerkovius was born on 9 June 1921 in Berlin.
When did Ruth Kerkovius die?
Ruth Kerkovius died on 23 January 2007.
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Ruth Kerkovius was a painter and printmaker.
What nationality was Ruth Kerkovius?
Ruth Kerkovius was Latvian.
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