About the Artist

Ruth Kerkorvius was born in 1921 in Germany, where she received her art training in Munich. She moved to the United States in 1951 and studied at the Art Students League in New York. as well as at the School of Visual Arts and the Pratt Graphic Art Center. Kerkorvius' work is in the collections of the Library of Congress, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Cincinnati Art Museum.