Name/Title
Still Life with dried flowers (not official title)Collection
Wisconsin Art Collection, Artwork CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2016.3Source or Donor
Winifred ThrallAcquisition Method
GiftInscription/Signature/Marks
Type
SignatureLocation
Lower leftTranscription
"Ruth Grotenrath"Dimensions
Dimension Description
Framed SizeHeight
19 inWidth
24 inProvenance
Notes
"From the Estate of our friend Schomer Lichtner"Exhibitions
Notes
Exhibited at the Milwaukee Art Institute, 1938. Quote from a Bulletin about the exhibition (on note affixed to frame backing):
"She focused on the delicate . . .clusters of thistles rather than the generalized sweep of a landscape."
Ruth’s work illustrates Goethe’s comment: "Art must attempt to arrive at the universal through the particular."