Francis Ruyter
He was born in Washington, DC. Ruyter often paints using photographs as source material, in a style that has been compared to Pop art. In 2002 he produced a billboard work, as part of MoMA Projects 77. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, SFMOMA, the Pérez Art Museum Miami, and the Denver Art Museum.
Also recorded as Lisa Ruyter
Francis Ruyter
- Born
- 1968. · Washington and D.C.
- Nationality
- United States.
- Occupation
- painter, printmaker, photographer and artist.
- Fields
- visual arts.
- Honours
- Guggenheim Fellowship.
- Languages
- English.
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He was born in Washington, DC. Ruyter often paints using photographs as source material, in a style that has been compared to Pop art. In 2002 he produced a billboard work, as part of MoMA Projects 77. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, SFMOMA, the Pérez Art Museum Miami, and the Denver Art Museum.
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1968
Francis Ruyter born at Washington, D.C..
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Francis Ruyter received Guggenheim Fellowship. Recorded as painter, printmaker, photographer and artist.
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Belvedere, Museum of Modern Art and Pérez Art Museum Miami
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