American painter
Gaines Ruger Donoho
Born (1857-12-21 ) December 21, 1857Church Hill, Mississippi, US
Died January 28, 1916(1916-01-28) (aged 58)New York City, US
Nationality American Education Art Students League of New York Occupation Painter Spouse Matilda Ackley Donoho Relatives Thomas H. Ruger
Gaines Ruger Donoho (December 21, 1857 – January 28, 1916) was an American painter.
Biography
Early life
Gaines Ruger Donoho was born on December 21, 1857, in Church Hill, Mississippi .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] American Civil War .[ 3] Thomas H. Ruger (1833–1907), had them moved to New England with the rest of her family.[ 3] Art Students League of New York in New York City and spent eight years in Paris .[ 2]
Career
He practised as an Impressionist , Symbolist and Tonalist painter in Manhattan .[ 2] East Hampton , where he continued to paint.[ 2] Claude Monet 's Giverney garden paintings.[ 2] [ 2]
Some of his work is exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn , New York City and at the Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson, Mississippi .[ 2] [ 4] [ 5]
John Lavery (1856–1941) painted his portrait.
La Marcellerie
Personal life
He was married to Matilda Ackley Donoho. He died on January 28, 1916, in New York City.[ 1] [ 2] [ 6]
Selected paintings
Secondary source
Ronald G. Pisano, G. Ruger Donoho (1857–1916): A Retrospective Exhibition (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1977, 21 pages).[ 7]
René Paul Barilleaux, G. Ruger Donoho: A Painter's Path (Jackson, Mississippi: Univ. Press of Mississippi, 1995).[ 8]
References
^ a b Archives of American Art. "Summary of the Gaines Ruger Donoho papers, 1864-1915 - Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution" . si.edu . Retrieved 11 April 2015 . ^ a b c d e f g h Phyllis Braff, Resurrecting an Obscure Landscapist , The New York Times
^ a b c Memorial Exhibition: Paintings by the late Ruger Donoho, The MacBeth Gallery ^ "Mississippi Museum of Art" . msmuseumart.org . Retrieved 11 April 2015 .^ "Brooklyn Museum: Gaines Ruger Donoho" . brooklynmuseum.org . Retrieved 11 April 2015 .^ Levy, Florence Nightingale (1917). American Art Annual, Volume 13 ^ Donoho, Gaines Ruger; Galleries, Hirschl Adler (1977). "G. Ruger Donoho (1857-1916)" . google.co.uk . Retrieved 11 April 2015 . ^ Barilleaux, René Paul; Donoho, Gaines Ruger; Beck, Victoria J.; Art, Mississippi Museum of (1995). G. Ruger Donoho ISBN 9780878057986 . Retrieved 11 April 2015 .
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