Ruth Sigrid Grafstrom
Ruth Sigrid Grafstrom (1905–1986) was an American illustrator, producing significant work in fashion illustration during the 1930s and 1940s.
Ruth Sigrid Grafstrom
- Name
- Ruth Sigrid Grafstrom
- Born
- 26 April 1905
- Birthplace
- Rock Island, Illinois, US
- Died
- 7 September 1986
- Education
- Académie Colarossi
- Field
- Illustration
- Movement
- Fashion Illustration
- Occupation
- artist · illustrator
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Ruth Sigrid Grafstrom (1905–1986) was an American illustrator, producing significant work in fashion illustration during the 1930s and 1940s.
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• Name — Ruth Sigrid Grafstrom • Born — 26 April 1905 • Birthplace — Rock Island, Illinois, US • Died — 7 September 1986 • Resting Place — Saint Augustine, Florida, US • Education — Académie Colarossi • Field — Illustration • Movement — Fashion Illustration
Early life
Early life
Grafstrom was born on April 26, 1905, in Rock Island, Illinois. Her father, Olaf Grafstrom was a painter from Sweden who immigrated to Seattle. His work influenced Northwest realist painters and at one time he chaired the art department at Augustana College. Ruth's mother was also an artist, focusing on ceramics. Grafstrom attended school in Chicago and Paris and after graduating, worked in fashion illustration.
Artistic career
Artistic career
She created illustrations for Vogue magazine, including some covers. Grafstrom also contributed illustrations to the Delineator, Cosmopolitan, and other women's magazines. Her illustrations featured real, approachable women. She drew "'real' women...[who] inhabit 'real' space." Her illustrations sometimes included fabric collage, to give the image texture.
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Later life and death
Grafstrom died on September 7, 1986, and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Saint Augustine, Florida.
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1905
Ruth Sigrid Grafstrom born at Rock Island.
1986
Ruth Sigrid Grafstrom died.
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- 1.Dowd, D.B. Ruth Sigrid Grafstrom. D.B. Dowd: Drawing the Social Landscape: Writings on Visual Culture. May 22, 2016.
- 2.Torre, Rosemary. 20th-century fashion illustration : the feminine ideal. Dover. 2011.
- 3.Blackman, Cally. 100 Years of Fashion Illustration. Laurence King Publishing. 2007.
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