Ruth Weisberg

Ruth Weisberg
Born1942
Chicago, IL, USA
NationalityAmerican
EducationAccademia di Belle Arti di Perugia, Italy
University of Michigan
AwardsWomen's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award 2009

Ruth Weisberg (born 1942) is an American artist and Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Southern California, where she is also former dean of the USC Roski School of Art and Design.[1] Weisberg's work is influenced by her Jewish heritage and its traditions, the human body, and feminist themes. She works primarily in painting, and her recent work is produced in scroll formats.[2][3]

  1. ^ Seed, John (23 July 2015). "Ruth Weisberg: The Adventure of Living In Between". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  2. ^ Curtis, Cathy (December 23, 1988). "ART REVIEW : The Literal Universe of Ruth Weisberg". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  3. ^ Weisberg, Ruth; Hoffman, Lawrence A; Berman, Nancy M. (1997). Ruth Weisberg, the Scroll (exhibition catalog). New York: Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion.