Ruth Chaney

Ruth Chaney (1908-1973) was an American artist known for her printmaking.

Ruth Chaney
Born1908 (1908)
Kansas City, Missouri
Died1973 (aged 64–65)
NationalityAmerican
Known forPrintmaking

Biography

Chaney was born in 1908 in Kansas City, Missouri.[1] She create serigraphs for the Work Projects Administration.[2] Chaney led a subway art division, one of the many committees set up by the Public Use of Arts Committee. The committee invited union members to create art that would stand up to the harsh conditions of the subway.[3] She was included in the 1938 MoMA show "Subway art".[4]

Chaney's work was also included in the 1940 MoMA show American Color Prints Under $10. The show was organized as a vehicle for bringing affordable fine art prints to the general public.[5]

Her work is in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum[1] the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago[6], and the National Gallery of Art,[7]

Chaney was the recipient of a MacDowell fellowship in 1942. She was a resident of the Adams studio at the MacDowell Colony.[8]

Chaney died in 1973.[1]

References
  1. "Ruth Chaney". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  2. "Playground 1935–43, Ruth Chaney American". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  3. Harrison, Helen A. (1981). "Subway Art and the Public Use of Arts Committee". Archives of American Art Journal. 21 (2): 3–12. doi:10.1086/aaa.21.2.1557305. ISSN 0003-9853. JSTOR 1557305.
  4. "Subway art, Master checklist" (PDF). The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  5. "Press release for "American Color Prints Under $10"" (PDF). Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  6. "Ruth Chaney". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  7. "Ruth Chaney". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  8. "Ruth Chaney - Artist". MacDowell Colony. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
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