biography of Ruth DURLACHER (1912-?)

Birth place: Springfield, MA

Addresses: Scarsdale, NY

Profession: Painter

Studied: Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC; Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Fontainebleau, with Jean Despujols; Yale School of FA, with Richard Rathbone, Lewis York, Deane Keller.

Exhibited: All. A. Am., 1939; Springfield Art Lg., 1937 (prize); NAC, 1938; Munson Gal., New Haven, CT, 1938 (solo); WFNY 1939; Scarsdale AA; Brush & Palette Club (prize); Meriden, CT (prize); Scarsdale AA (prize).

Member: New Haven Brush & Palette Club; New Haven Paint & Clay Club; New Haven Brush & Palette Club; Springfield (MA) Art Lg.; Academic A.; Westchester AA; Hudson Valley AA; Scarsdale AA; AEA; Fontainebleau Alumni Assn.; Portraits, Inc.

Work: School for the Deaf, NY; Springfield Hospital; port. of H.R.H. Princess Margaret, Government House, Nassau, B.W.I., and in private collections.

Sources: WW59; WW40.