Artist Information:
Ruth Franklin
Decatur, GA
United States
Member Since: Sep 2001
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Artist Statement:
Ruth Franklin was born in
Kent, England in 1964 and
raised on the country's East
Coast in Suffolk. In 1983,
she was accepted into Brighton
Art School where she obtained
a BA. Honours Degree in Fine
Art / Painting. During the
course of her studies Ruth
came into contact with many
established English working
artists who lectured at
Brighton. Her taste in art is
diverse, ranging from the very
painterly masters of colour,
line and light such as Chaim
Soutine, Honore' Daumier,
Goya, Rembrandt and Van Gogh
to contemporary painters
Howard Hodgkin, Frank
Auerbach, Richard Diebenkorn
and Georg Baselitz. Having
traveled throughout Europe,
including time spent in
Barcelona and Amsterdam, Ruth
relocated to Atlanta, Georgia
in 1994 where she currently
lives and works.
Ruth Franklin's pastel
paintings are in many
important private and
corporate collections. In
September, 1996, she had her
first one-woman show in the
United States at Gallery 71 in
New York City, which proved to
be a huge success. Also in
1996, one of Ruth's original
pieces was featured in
Architectural Digest,
Metropolitan Home, House &
Garden, Elle Decor and Gourmet
Magazine as part of a major ad
campaign for Larson-Juhl, the
world's...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Art Focus Gallery,
Centrepoint, Singapore
The Sheila Atchison Gallery,
Birmingham, AL,
One-Woman-Show, 8 May 1997;
Recent Works, group show, Sept
1996
Bennett Galleries, Knoxville,
Tennessee
Bennett Galleries, Nashville,
Tennessee
Brighton University, Solo
Exhibition, 1986
Christie's Gallery,
Wilmington, North Carolina,
Two Artist Show, 10 April 1997
Cirencester Art ...
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Artist Galleries:
agent:
Shawn Vinson
VINSONart, Atlanta GA
T: 404.939.2787> E:
info@vinsonart.com
galleries:
Gallery 71, New York, NY
T: 212.744.7779
dk Gallery, Marietta GA
T: 770.891.6930
Bennett Galleries, Nashville
TN
T: 615.297.3201
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Artist Reviews:
By Ed McCormack
Editor-in-Chief, Artspeak, New
York City, 1998
In the most recent
pastels of Ruth Franklin we
see a considerable broadening
in scope on the part of this
gifted artist from Kent,
England, who, since 1994, has
lived and worked in Atlanta,
Georgia. Her glowing palette
has ...
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Collections:
ASCAP – Nashville TN, AT&T –
Atlanta GA, City of Decatur
GA, Deloitte & Touche – Tampa
FL, Drop Dead Diva – Lifetime
Television Network, Four
Seasons - Washington DC, King
& Spalding – Atlanta GA,
Larson-Juhl – Norcross GA,
Lenz Marketing – Decatur GA,
Price Waterhouse – Tampa FL,
Roedean Girls School - East
Sussex, England, Star Asia –
Decatur ...
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Commissions:
City of Decatur, Georgia, USA
Four Seasons - Washington DC
Universal Studios - Orlando,
Florida USA...
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Ruth Franklin's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Ruth Franklin's Portfolio.
Ruth Franklin was born in Kent, England in 1964 and raised on the country's East Coast in Suffolk. In 1983, she was accepted into Brighton Art School where she obtained a BA. Honours Degree in Fine Art / Painting. During the course of her studies Ruth came into contact with many established English working artists who lectured at Brighton. Her taste in art is diverse, ranging from the very painterly masters of colour, line and light such as Chaim Soutine, Honore' Daumier, Goya, Rembrandt and Van Gogh to contemporary painters Howard Hodgkin, Frank Auerbach, Richard Diebenkorn and Georg Baselitz. Having traveled throughout Europe, including time spent in Barcelona and Amsterdam, Ruth relocated to Atlanta, Georgia in 1994 where she currently lives and works.
Ruth Franklin's pastel paintings are in many important private and corporate collections. In September, 1996, she had her first one-woman show in the United States at Gallery 71 in New York City, which proved to be a huge success. Also in 1996, one of Ruth's original pieces was featured in Architectural Digest, Metropolitan Home, House & Garden, Elle Decor and Gourmet Magazine as part of a major ad campaign for Larson-Juhl, the world's... |
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