Print

Print


----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Johann Georg Valentin Ruths - German 1825 - 1905 - born &
died in Hamburg - studied Duseldorf & Karlsruhe -
travelled Italy . Works in Berlin, Breslau, Bremen &
Hamburg.Painted landscape and marines, also lithographs
Represented in the Witt Photo archive by a small file. Hope
this helps, Cathie.

On Fri, 3 Sep 1999 17:12:27 EDT Brenda
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:


> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Can anyone suggest a source for biographical information on the artist Valenti
> Ruths? We have a reproduction of this artist's work entitled "Der Morgen" 1875
> and are trying to locate information on both the artist and this work.
>
>
> Thank you
>
> Brenda MacEachern, Slide Curator
> Visual Arts Department
> University of Western Ontario
> London, Ontario
>
> [log in to unmask]

Dr.Catherine Gordon
Deputy Witt Librarian
Courtauld Institute of Art
Somerset House
Strand
London, WC2R 0RN
UK
tel (UK)(0)207-848-2770
fax (UK)(0)207-848-2772