Wisconsin Art Collection, Permanent Art Collection
Acquisition
Accession
2016.3
Source or Donor
Winifred Thrall
Acquisition Method
Gift
Made/Created
Artist
Ruth Grotenrath
Date made
circa 1938
Notes
Before 1938.
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Signature
Transcription
"Ruth Grotenrath"
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Framed Size
Height
19 in
Width
24 in
Provenance
Notes
"From the Estate of our friend Schomer Lichtner"
Exhibitions
Notes
Exhibited at Milwaukee Art Institute, Milwaukee, WI, 1938. Quote from Milwaukee Art Institute 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."
