Ruth Leaf
Ruth Leaf is an American artist best known for her prints, and the author of Etching, Engraving, and Other Intaglio Printmaking Techniques (Watson-Guptill). Her work includes woodcuts, solar prints, monoprints, and mixed media. Born in New York City, she studied at the New School for Social Research, Art Student’s League, and Brooklyn College, and at Atelier 17 with the groundbreaking printmaker Stanley William Hayter. She exhibited her work throughout the United States and abroad, and has work in many collections, including the Library of Congress, the U.S. Information Agency, the Butler Institute of American Art, and numerous university museums. Leaf has been a member of the Society of American Graphic Artists, the American Color Print Society, and regional printmaking groups. Ruth Leaf passed away in April 2015.
Solo exhibitions include New York State University, NY; Ashville Art Museum, NC; The Graphic Eye, NY; Wisconsin Union Burnside Gallery, NY; Clark College, IA; Firehouse Gallery, NY; West Room Gallery, NY; Cosmos Club, DC; Great Neck Library, NY (Monoprint Show, Curator/Exhibitor); Western Illinois University; Northern Illinois University; Galerie Art & Gravure, Paris, France; West Library State College, VA; Jacqueline Anhalt Gallery, CA; Escuala National, Mexico City, Mexico; Brandeis University Gallery, MA; Port Washington Library, …
Ruth Leaf is an American artist best known for her prints, and the author of Etching, Engraving, and Other Intaglio Printmaking Techniques (Watson-Guptill). Her work includes woodcuts, solar prints, monoprints, and mixed media. Born in New York City, she studied at the New School for Social Research, Art Student’s League, and Brooklyn College, and at Atelier 17 with the groundbreaking printmaker Stanley William Hayter. She exhibited her work throughout the United States and abroad, and has work in many collections, including the Library of Congress, the U.S. Information Agency, the Butler Institute of American Art, and numerous university museums. Leaf has been a member of the Society of American Graphic Artists, the American Color Print Society, and regional printmaking groups. Ruth Leaf passed away in April 2015.
Solo exhibitions include New York State University, NY; Ashville Art Museum, NC; The Graphic Eye, NY; Wisconsin Union Burnside Gallery, NY; Clark College, IA; Firehouse Gallery, NY; West Room Gallery, NY; Cosmos Club, DC; Great Neck Library, NY (Monoprint Show, Curator/Exhibitor); Western Illinois University; Northern Illinois University; Galerie Art & Gravure, Paris, France; West Library State College, VA; Jacqueline Anhalt Gallery, CA; Escuala National, Mexico City, Mexico; Brandeis University Gallery, MA; Port Washington Library, NY; Northeastern University, MA; Queensborough College Gallery, NY (Invitational for Five Printmakers); Collections Library of Congress Queens College, NY.
