JAN DE RUTH CZECH/AMERICAN 1922-1991 TWO GIRLS OIL ON CANVAS. Image only size 36in by 24in. With frame size 44in by 32in. Shipping cost incluing pack and deliver to US address 100 USD and International 300 USD.

Jan DeRuth Biography1922 - 1991Czech-American artist, Jan De Ruth is best known for his beautiful FIGURATIVE paintings.Born in Karlsbad, Czechoslovakia, the artist received training at Rotter Art School, Prague; Ruskin Art School, Oxford University, England; ASL New York; and the New School, New York.During his prolific career, Jan deRuth exhibited in over 38 National Juried Exhibitions, 14 Museum Solo Shows and 51 Gallery Solo Exhibitions. He also authored two acclaimed books: Portrait Painting (1964) and Painting the Nude (1968).His achievements also include a portrait of Ethel Kennedy for the cover of the Time Magazine .A native of Czechoslovakia and now an American citizen, gespent the years of World War II being shunted through 5 different concentration camps, including the infamous Auschwitz. He made four escape attempts and finally made good on his fifth try.De Ruth constantly sought materials with which to draw, but "The only things we had were the few pieces of cloth we wore," he recalled, in an interview. By chance, he was transferred to Germany as part of a labor detail and managed to sneak a pencil away from the camp supervisor-"I became a perfect thief during those years," he said. Jan drew a mother and child on a scrap of paper he scrounged from the factory where he worked, filled it in with shadings of coffee in various strengths-his finger was his brush. He exchanged the sketch for a piece of bread from a camp guard, and in effect, sold his first painting.In March of 1945, after being transferred to his native Czechoslovakia, he made his successful escape "knowing every step of the way." After the war, De Ruth became the commissar in a small Czech town and remained in the post for one year, just long enough to forge some documents that allowed him to flee to England. He took up residence in London and enrolled at the Ruskin Art School in Oxford University. He arrived in the USA in 1948.From '48 to 1955 he supported himself by working at night, earning his way painting designs on neckties and bathroom cups; as a fashion designer, illustrator, vacuum cleaner salesman, theatre manager, and actor. In '55 Jan De Ruth made his professional debut as a full-time artist and two years later his first one-man show established him as a serious painter.His work has been acclaimed for combining the technique of the old masters with a modern manner, and has been exhibited in more than 40 one-man shows in galleries and museums across the United States.De Ruth, author of the books "Portrait Painting" and "Painting the Nude," has devoted his entire life to painting the female face and form. He enjoys special popularity as a portraitist and has become one of the best known painters of the nude female in the world today. Often asked why he concentrates on this most demanding of all art subjects he replies: . . . "Each painting of the nude becomes a new experience . . . It (the human figure) is nature's most perfect and most imperfect creation, communicating, even in silence and immobility, the physical and spiritual power-and frailty- of humanity."Articulate, sophisticated, outspoken and well informed, De Ruth has also been a leading guest on radio and television shows. But, it is painting that gives a purpose to Jan De Ruth's existence: "It is an unending challenge-there is no end, no final result-to be found in painting the human body. I have never seen two gestures that are alike, but so are the possibilities of expression. There will always be painters who will find one more way of saying: "See! This is what I feel about humans." . . . So until a greater challenge and a more profound symbol comes along, it is the human figure I wish to paint."

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