Artist Information:
Ruth Franklin
Decatur, GA
United States
Member Since: Sep 2001
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Artist Statement:
Ruth Franklin was born in
Kent, England in 1964 and
raised on the country's East
Coast in Suffolk. In 1983,
she was accepted into Brighton
Art School where she obtained
a BA. Honours Degree in Fine
Art / Painting. During the
course of her studies Ruth
came into contact with many
established English working
artists who lectured at
Brighton. Her taste in art is
diverse, ranging from the very
painterly masters of colour,
line and light such as Chaim
Soutine, Honore' Daumier,
Goya, Rembrandt and Van Gogh
to contemporary painters
Howard Hodgkin, Frank
Auerbach, Richard Diebenkorn
and Georg Baselitz. Having
traveled throughout Europe,
including time spent in
Barcelona and Amsterdam, Ruth
relocated to Atlanta, Georgia
in 1994 where she currently
lives and works.
Ruth Franklin's pastel
paintings are in many
important private and
corporate collections. In
September, 1996, she had her
first one-woman show in the
United States at Gallery 71 in
New York City, which proved to
be a huge success. Also in
1996, one of Ruth's original
pieces was featured in
Architectural Digest,
Metropolitan Home, House &
Garden, Elle Decor and Gourmet
Magazine as part of a major ad
campaign for Larson-Juhl, the
world's...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Art Focus Gallery,
Centrepoint, Singapore
Artexpo New York, New York
City, 1989, 1994, 1996, 1998
The Sheila Atchison Gallery,
Birmingham, Alabama
One-Woman-Show, 8 May 1997;
Recent Works, group show, Sept
1996
Bennett Galleries, Knoxville,
Tennessee
Bennett Galleries, Nashville,
Tennessee
Brighton University, Solo
Exhibition, 1986
Christie's Gallery,
Wilmington, ...
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Artist Galleries:
Gallery 71, New York, NY
Vinson Gallery, Decatur, GA
Off the Wall Gallery, Houston,
TX
Art Loft, Oakland, CA
Midtown Gallery, Nashville, TN
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Artist Reviews:
By Ed McCormack
Editor-in-Chief, Artspeak, New
York City, 1998
In the most recent
pastels of Ruth Franklin we
see a considerable broadening
in scope on the part of this
gifted artist from Kent,
England, who, since 1994, has
lived and worked in Atlanta,
Georgia. Her glowing palette
has ...
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Ruth Franklin's Free Artist Portfolio
| Welcome to Ruth Franklin's Portfolio. Browse Franklin's body of work: Ruth Franklin was born in Kent, England in 1964 and raised on the country's East Coast in Suffolk. In 1983, she was accepted into Brighton Art School where she obtained a BA. Honours Degree in Fine Art / Painting. During the course of her studies Ruth came into contact with many established English working artists who lectured at Brighton. Her taste in art is diverse, ranging from the very painterly masters of colour, line and light such as Chaim Soutine, Honore' Daumier, Goya, Rembrandt and Van Gogh to contemporary painters Howard Hodgkin, Frank Auerbach, Richard Diebenkorn and Georg Baselitz. Having... |
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