Print of the Day!! Thurs, Apr. 13, 2023 is by Ruth A. Wall (1917-2009): 'Untitled Abstraction', lithograph, 1952, 1/2, Rare! $1,800.00.

Print of the Day!! Thursday, April 13, 2023 is by California AbEx printmaker Ruth A. Wall (1917-2009).

Abstract Expressionism in Northern California 1945-1964. Works on paper from the estate of San Francisco collector Marian Schell Skiles.?March 18 through May 29, 2023.

(Untitled Abstraction) is an original lithograph done in 1952 by California Abex printmaker Ruth A. Wall (1917-2009). The image measures 14 x 18 inches. This impression is pencil signed and editioned "1/2" by the artist in the lower margin. The image was printed by the artist at the California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, on an ivory wove Warren's Olde Style paper that measures 18 x 21-1/2 inches. A reference for this work is Carlevaro 1048, this impression illustrated on page 149 in "Love of Stone: Ruth A. Wall: Abstract Expressionist Prints 1952". Our inventory number for this image is MASC136.

This dynamic Abstract Expressionist lithograph by Ruth A. Wall (1917-2009) is available from the gallery for $1,800.00.

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As seen in this untitled AbEx lithograph, Wall's style was backed by strength combined the rare abandonment of caution, which until the advent of Abstract Expressionism was rarely seen in the mainstream. She chose splattered shapes and jagged lines that also challenged the mid-20th century ideals of feminine expression. She wields the litho crayon and tusche with force and aplomb, uninterested in wan romanticism.

The bulk of her printmaking work came about in this single year. At the end of i1952, she left for Paris and studied painting, showing her work at the Museé des Beaux-Arts and the Salon des Realities Nouvelles. When she returned to the CSFA in 1955 it was only briefly, before the travel bug took hold and she devoted several decades to seeing the world, only doing art when there was time.

Ruth A. Wall was born in Wyoming on 10 September 1917. In 1919, her family moved to a homestead on an Indian reservation in Uintah, Utah where she was raised and later worked as a field hand during the Depression. After graduating from high school, Wall enrolled in Brigham Young University where she was a member of the theatrical Mask Club. At Brigham Young she majored in speech and minored in physical education. Upon graduating in 1938, Wall began teaching high school.

With the onset of World War II, Wall moved to Los Angeles. She took an engineering course and then worked as an Army materiel inspector throughout Los Angeles County. She enlisted on 7 September 1944 and joined the Women's Army Corps (WAC). Wall had hopes of becoming a pilot but at the time women were banned from combat. Instead she became a ferrier, flying various planes from manufacturing plants to training fields.

Upon her discharge in 1949, Wall moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. She enrolled in the California School of Fine Arts (CSFA) in 1950 under the G.I. Bill. Wall studied under James Budd Dixon and Robert McChesney. The body of her work in printmaking consists of gestural Abstract Expressionist lithographs created in 1952 and printed at night on the CSFA press. In 1952, Wall departed for Paris where she studied painting at the Académie Frochot. While in Paris, her work was exhibited in group shows at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Salon des Realities Nouvelles, and Galerie Huit.

Returning to the CSFA in 1955, renamed the San Francisco Art Institute, Wall continued her studies under Nathan Oliveira and Elmer Bischoff. She devoted her time to art before a desire to travel required her to work full time. Wall lived in North Beach, the famed San Francisco artistic community for fifty-five years. Over the years, Wall participated in various exhibitions in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The book, Love of the Stone: Ruth A. Wall Abstract Expressionists Prints was published in 2007 to accompany the retrospective exhibition of the same title at the Art Exchange Gallery in San Francisco. Her work was included in the exhibition The Long View California Women of Abstract Expressionism 1945-1965 held at Modern Art West in Sonoma, California.

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