Name May Gilruth | Died October 23, 1962 | |
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May H. Gilruth (July 19, 1885 – October 23, 1962) was an American artist/painter.
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Personal background
She was born Anna May Hardman in Jane Lew, West Virginia.She diliked her given first name Anna and never used it. She married Irwin T. Gilruth in 1917 and had two children.
She died in Chicago, Illinois on October 23, 1962.
Career
Gilruth worked primarily in pencil, watercolors, woodcuts and oil paints. She was most active in the 1930s to the 1950s, appearing in four major exhibitions, including The Art Institute of Chicago in 1945 She was a member of the National Association of Women Artists, Washington, DC.
Partial list of Exhibitions
References
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