May H. Gilruth
Gilruth (July 19, 1885 – October 23, 1962) was an American artist/painter.
May H. Gilruth
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- Name
- May H.
- Birth Name
- Anna May Hardman
- Born
- 19 July 1885
- Birthplace
- Jane Lew, West Virginia
- Died
- 23 October 1962
- Place of death
- Chicago, Illinois
- Education
- West Virginia Wesleyan College, Ohio Wesleyan College
- Field
- Painting
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- painter
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Gilruth (July 19, 1885 – October 23, 1962) was an American artist/painter.
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May H. Gilruth (1885–1962) was an American painter. Born in Jane Lew, the painter died in Chicago. May H. Gilruth was active in painting.
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• Name — May H. Gilruth • Birth Name — Anna May Hardman • Born — 19 July 1885 • Birthplace — Jane Lew, West Virginia • Died — 23 October 1962 • Place of death — Chicago, Illinois • Education — West Virginia Wesleyan College, Ohio Wesleyan College • Field — Painting
Personal background
Personal background
She was born Anna May Hardman in Jane Lew, West Virginia. She disliked her given first name Anna and never used it. She married Irwin T. Gilruth in 1917 and had two children. She died in Chicago, Illinois on October 23, 1962.
Career
Career
Gilruth worked primarily in pencil, watercolors, woodcuts and oil paints. She was most active in the 1930s to the 1950s, appearing in four major exhibitions, including The Art Institute of Chicago in 1945. She was a member of the National Association of Women Artists, Washington, DC.
Partial list of Exhibitions
Partial list of Exhibitions
Source: • Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago and Vicinity Artists, AIC, 1934–44. • International Water Color Exhibition, AIC, 1935 • American Watercolor Society, NYC, 1937 • National Association of Women Painters & Sculptors, 1938 • Watercolor Annual, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1939 • Illustration — West Virginia Mountain Boy, watercolor
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- 1.Scott, Stephen. May Hardman Gilruth. Illinois Women Artists Project. Bradley University.
- 2.Scott, Stephen. "Illinois Women Artists Project: May Hardman Gilruth". Retrieved July 22, 2010.
- 3.'Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago' Vol. 39, No. 7 (Dec., 1945), p. 111
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