Ruby Taylor Rowland
- BORN
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January 25, 1886
St. Mary’s, Kansas
- DIED
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July 9, 1963
Los Angeles, California
- EDUCATION
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Kansas City Art Institute
Kansas City, Missouri
Ruby Taylor Rowland was a portrait and landscape painter active in Kansas City, Missouri, in the 1930s.
Born on January 25, 1886, in St. Mary’s, Kansas, Taylor studied art at the Kansas City Art Institute under Ross Braught in the early 1930s. While she was in Kansas City, she exhibited her work at the Art Institute and as part of other exhibitions in the city. She won an honorable mention for her work there in 1931 and 1933. She taught the Saturday Painters class at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1934 and 1935.
She moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1935 and was active there as an artist until her death.
Paintings by Summer Landscape Class Exhibition
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Midwestern Artists' Exhibition
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Exhibition of Works by Teachers and Students
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Organized by Kansas City Art Institute
Midwestern Artists' Exhibition
Organized by Kansas City Art Institute
Organized by Kansas City Art Institute
Salons of America Exhibition
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Organized by Salons of America
Kansas City Art Institute Exhibition
Organized by Kansas City Art Institute
Organized by Kansas City Art Institute
Midwestern Artists' Exhibition
Organized by Kansas City Art Institute
Organized by Kansas City Art Institute
Midwestern Artists' Exhibition
Organized by Kansas City Art Institute
Organized by Kansas City Art Institute
Kansas City Art Institute Alumni Exhibition
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Organized by Kansas City Art Institute
Award, Third Biennial Exhibition of Student Work
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Paintings by Summer Landscape Class Exhibition
Organized by Kansas City Art Institute
Organized by Kansas City Art Institute
Midwestern Artists' Exhibition
Organized by Kansas City Art Institute
Organized by Kansas City Art Institute
Exhibition of Works by Teachers and Students
Organized by Kansas City Art Institute
Organized by Kansas City Art Institute
Midwestern Artists' Exhibition
Organized by Kansas City Art Institute
Organized by Kansas City Art Institute
Salons of America Exhibition
Organized by Salons of America
Organized by Salons of America
Kansas City Art Institute Exhibition
Organized by Kansas City Art Institute
Organized by Kansas City Art Institute
Midwestern Artists' Exhibition
Organized by Kansas City Art Institute
Organized by Kansas City Art Institute
Midwestern Artists' Exhibition
Organized by Kansas City Art Institute
Organized by Kansas City Art Institute
Kansas City Art Institute Alumni Exhibition
Organized by Kansas City Art Institute
Organized by Kansas City Art Institute
Award, Third Biennial Exhibition of Student Work
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References
Artist clippings file is available at:
“Ruby Rowland: Artist File,” Spencer Art Reference Library, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
Bibliography
Select Sources
“Ruby Rowland in the California, U.S. Death Index, 1940-1997”, Ancestry, accessed May 15, 2023.
“Rowland, Ruby,” in Clark S. Marlor, The Salons of America 1922-1936 (Madison, Connecticut: Sound View Press, 1991), 189.
“Rowland, Ruby,” in Alice Coe McGlauflin, Who’s Who in American Art (Washington, D.C.: The American Federation of Arts, 1937), 451.
“Step for Art Alumni Group,” Kansas City Star, May 26, 1935, 8.
“Art,” _Kansas City Star, _ February 17, 1935, 7.
“Current Exhibitions,” Parnassus 6, no. 8 (Jan. 1935): 31.
“Art,” _Kansas City Star, _ December 9, 1934, 15.
“Art,” _Kansas City Times, _December 4, 1933, 5.
“Art Scholarship Awards,” Kansas City Times, May 26, 1933, 8.
“Art,” Kansas City Times, July 20, 1931, 6.
“Awards to Art Pupils,” Kansas City Star, May 31, 1931, 4A.
Core Reference Sources
askART (database), askART, https://www.askart.com/.
Anita Jacobsen, Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists (Carrollton: A.J. Publications, 2002).
Peter H. Falk, et. al, Who was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America (Madison: Sound View Press, 1999).
Contributors
Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Artist Record Published
Published on August 22, 2023
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References
Artist clippings file is available at:
“Ruby Rowland: Artist File,” Spencer Art Reference Library, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
Bibliography
Select Sources
“Ruby Rowland in the California, U.S. Death Index, 1940-1997”, Ancestry, accessed May 15, 2023.
“Rowland, Ruby,” in Clark S. Marlor, The Salons of America 1922-1936 (Madison, Connecticut: Sound View Press, 1991), 189.
“Rowland, Ruby,” in Alice Coe McGlauflin, Who’s Who in American Art (Washington, D.C.: The American Federation of Arts, 1937), 451.
“Step for Art Alumni Group,” Kansas City Star, May 26, 1935, 8.
“Art,” _Kansas City Star, _ February 17, 1935, 7.
“Current Exhibitions,” Parnassus 6, no. 8 (Jan. 1935): 31.
“Art,” _Kansas City Star, _ December 9, 1934, 15.
“Art,” _Kansas City Times, _December 4, 1933, 5.
“Art Scholarship Awards,” Kansas City Times, May 26, 1933, 8.
“Art,” Kansas City Times, July 20, 1931, 6.
“Awards to Art Pupils,” Kansas City Star, May 31, 1931, 4A.
Core Reference Sources
askART (database), askART, https://www.askart.com/.
Anita Jacobsen, Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists (Carrollton: A.J. Publications, 2002).
Peter H. Falk, et. al, Who was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America (Madison: Sound View Press, 1999).
Contributors
Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Artist Record Published
Published on August 22, 2023
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