biography of Catherine Ruch BARTOO (1876-1949)

Birth place: Williamsport, PA

Death place: Binghamton, NY

Addresses: Binghamton, NY

Profession: Landscape, portrait and still life painter, museum director

Studied: N.Y. Sch. A.; with Chase, Henri, Mora, Fechin and Drummond

Exhibited: Europe, 1907; Knoedler Gallery, NYC, 1908-12; Studio 49, Binghampton, 1908; Carroll Art Gallery, NYC, 1909; Union Art League, 1910; Binghampton PL, 1913; Albright Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Roberson Center for the Arts & Sciences, Binghampton, NY, 1981.

Member: N.Y. Soc. P. (charter member); Binghamton Soc. FA (co-founder; pres., 1937)

Work: Binghamton Mus. FA.

Comments: Position: dir., Binghamton Mus. FA and Binghampton School of FA. She and her husband, architect and artist Elfred Bartoo were important in the organization of artists in Broome County. Together they also took painting trips to Europe.

Sources: WW53; WW47. More recently, see, Petteys, Dictionary of Women Artists; add'l info. courtesy of Peter Bissell, Cooperstown, NY.