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Veronica Ruzicka

1917 – 1981

American designer

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Lived 1917 – 1981 (aged 64). Veronica Ruzicka was an artist and cartographer.

Veronica Ruzicka Laing (September 29, 1917 – October 12, 1981) was an American artist, designer, mapmaker, and illustrator.

Early life and education Ruzicka was born in New York City, the daughter of typographer and artist Rudolph Ruzicka and Filomena Sprova Ruzicka. Both of her parents were immigrants from Bohemia. She graduated from Barnard College in 1939, with further studies at the Grand Central School of Art, Columbia University, and New York University. She trained in military cartography during World War II.

Career Ruzicka made maps, illustrations, and decorative endpapers for books including Loring's Decorated Book Papers (1942), Robert Frost's A Witness Tree (1942), Ruth Hornblower Churchill's The Home Bible (1951), Alexander Laing's Clipper Ships and their Makers (1966), and The Adams Papers.

Personal life and legacy Ruzicka married writer Alexander Kinnan Laing in 1961. Her husband died in a bicycle accident in 1976, and she died from cancer in 1981, at the age of 64, in Hanover, New Hampshire. Her works have been in exhibits at the University of Chicago Library and the Houghton Library.

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Who was Veronica Ruzicka?

American designer

When was Veronica Ruzicka born?

Veronica Ruzicka was born on 29 September 1917.

When did Veronica Ruzicka die?

Veronica Ruzicka died on 12 October 1981.

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Veronica Ruzicka was an artist and cartographer.

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· Wikipedia: Veronica Ruzicka

· Wikidata: Q138604695

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