“TREES & WATER” - RUTH LEAF - Etching - Signed & Numbered - 7/175
ARTIST'S STATEMENT: As a young artist I was very excited by the world around me, the color of a landscape, the shapes of people and things. I would try to express the feelings the visual world engendered in me in an expressionistic manner. As time went by, however, form, color, design and feelings became more and more exciting. I felt then that being more abstract allowed me to express the essence of things rather than reproducing what I saw. Although I have a definite idea about what the work I'm engaged in means to me, I expect people to have their own feelings about what they see. I am sure when people listen to a Bach concerto they don't know what Bach had in mind, but they enjoy it anyway. A Great piece for any decor - give your space a unique story to tell…
ARTIST'S STATEMENT: As a young artist I was very excited by the world around me, the color of a landscape, the shapes of people and things. I would try to express the feelings the visual world engendered in me in an expressionistic manner. As time went by, however, form, color, design and feelings became more and more exciting. I felt then that being more abstract allowed me to express the essence of things rather than reproducing what I saw. Although I have a definite idea about what the work I'm engaged in means to me, I expect people to have their own feelings about what they see. I am sure when people listen to a Bach concerto they don't know what Bach had in mind, but they enjoy it anyway. A Great piece for any decor - give your space a unique story to tell…
ARTIST'S STATEMENT: As a young artist I was very excited by the world around me, the color of a landscape, the shapes of people and things. I would try to express the feelings the visual world engendered in me in an expressionistic manner. As time went by, however, form, color, design and feelings became more and more exciting. I felt then that being more abstract allowed me to express the essence of things rather than reproducing what I saw. Although I have a definite idea about what the work I'm engaged in means to me, I expect people to have their own feelings about what they see. I am sure when people listen to a Bach concerto they don't know what Bach had in mind, but they enjoy it anyway. A Great piece for any decor - give your space a unique story to tell…
“TREES & WATER” -
RUTH LEAF - Etching - Signed & Numbered - 7/175
29.75 x 21.5 inches. Image: 22 x 17.5 inches.LIMITED EDITION HAND PULLED & DRAWN ORIGINAL ETCHING, NUMBERED & HAND SIGNED BY ARTIST. From the retired Mitch Moore Gallery Inc, NYC. Unmatted, never framed or displayed. Image area is in very good frameable vintage condition.
ARTISTS BIO: RUTH LEAF: 1923-2015
Born: Brighton Beach, Ny, USA
Place of Death: Venice, CA, USA
ARTIST'S STATEMENT: As a young artist I was very excited by the world around me, the color of a landscape, the shapes of people and things. I would try to express the feelings the visual world engendered in me in an expressionistic manner. Ad time went by, however, form, color, design and feelings became more and more exciting. I felt then that being more abstract allowed me to express the essence of things rather than reproducing what I saw. Although I have a definite idea about what the work I'm engaged in means to me, I expect people to have their own feelings about what they see. I am sure when people listen to a Bach concerto they don't know what Back had in mind, but they enjoy it anyway.
Ruth Leaf is an American artist best known for her prints, and the author of Etching, Engraving and Other Intaglio Printmaking Techniques (Watson-Guptill). Her work also includes woodcuts, solar prints, monoprints, and mixed media. Born in New York City.
EDUCATION: New School for Social Research; Art Student’s League; Brooklyn College; American Artist School; and at Atelier 17 with the groundbreaking printmaker Stanley William Hayter.
EXHIBITIONS: She exhibited her work throughout the United States and abroad, and has work in many collections, including the Library of Congress, the U.S. Information Agency, the Butler Institute of American Art; Carnegie Institute; Brooklyn Museum; Seattle Art Museum; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; and numerous university museums. Boston Museum; Hofstra University; Olivet College' Roko Gallery, NYC; FAR Gallery, NYC; La Salle College; Viridian Gallery, NYC; Philadelphia Print Club; FAMLI Museum, NYC; University of Pittsburgh; Associated American Artists, NYC; Art in Embassies Program; Society of American Graphic Crtists; Chiba Shimin Gallery, Japan and Chine; DeCordova Museum; Ruth Leaf Sudio Retrospective, MY; Midge Karr Art Center, NY; Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
AFFILIATIONS: Leaf has been a member of the Society of American Graphic Artists; the American Color Print Society; National Society of Literature and The Arts; Boston Printmakers; Artists Equity; National Association of Women Artists; Los Angeles Printmaking Society; Philadelphia Print Club; and regional printmaking groups.
POSITIONS: Ruth Leaf Studio-Director/Instructor; Monoprint Demonstrations - CA, WA, PA, NY, MD; North Shore Community Art Center- Instructor; Colby College-Consultant.
SOLO SHOWS: New York State University; Ashville Art Museum, NC; The Graphic Eye, NY; Steinhardt Gallery, NY; Wisconsin Union; Burnside Gallery, NY; Clark College, IAA; Firehouse Gallery, NY; West Room Gallery, NY; Cosmos Club, DC; Great Neck Library, NY (Monoprint Show, Curator/Exhibitor); Western Illinois University; Northern Illinois University; Galerie Art & Gravure, Paris, France; West Library State College, VA; Jacqueline Anhalt Gallery, CA; Escuala National, Mexico City, Mexico; Brandeis University Gallery, MA; Port Washington Library, NY; Northeastern University, MA; Queensborough College Gallery, NY (Invitational for Five Printmakers).
COLLECTIONS: Library of Congress; Queens College, NY; Art in Embassies Program; Butler Museum, NY; Portland Museum, OR; Olivet College, MI; Northeastern University, MA; Hofstra University, NY; New York University; Adelphi College, NY; Colgate University, NY; Bowdoin College Museum of Art, ME; Teachers College, Columbia University, OH; Xerox Corporation, Statler Museum, CT; United States Information Agency; Emily Lowe Gallery at University of Miami; Nassau Community College, NY; Queensborough College, NY; Hunterdon County Art Center.
AWARDS: Library of Congress-Purchase Award; Hofstra University-Purchase Award; Olivet College-Purchase Award; Nassau Community College-Purchase Award; North Shore Community- Art Center-1st Prize in Graphics; Audubon Artists-Honorable Mention; The Rene Rosner Memorial Award, Courtesy of Long Island Printmakers Society; Springfield College-Honorable Mention; National Association of Women Artists-Edna Stauffer Award, Jeffrey Childs; Willis Memorial Award; Donna Miller Memorial Award; Audubon Silver Medal for Creative Graphics; American Society of Color Prints-Tonner Award.
Selected Bibliography
Leaf, Ruth. Intaglio Printmaking Techniques. New York: Watson-Guptill, 1976.; American Prize Prints of the 20th Century-Albert Reese; Artists at Work-Ron Perkins; Dictionary of International Biography, Cambridge, England; Whos Who in American Art; Who's Who in American Women; Who's Who in the East; Video Film Interview, Port Washington Library; Radio Interview, Great Neck TV Station.
