Ruth Asawa
Visual Artist
1926 – 2013
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Who was Ruth Asawa?
Ruth Asawa was a American sculptor. Known in San Francisco as the "fountain lady", her work is included in prominent art collections such as those of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Whitney in New York. She was a driving force behind the creation of the San Francisco School of the Arts, which was renamed the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts in 2010 in tribute to her.
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- Born
- Jan 24, 1926
Norwalk - Also known as
- Ruth Asawa Lanier
- Spouses
- Albert Lanier
(1949 - )
- Albert Lanier
- Ethnicity
- Japanese American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Black Mountain College
(1946 - 1949)
- Black Mountain College
- Lived in
- San Francisco
(1949 - ) - Black Mountain
(1946 - 1949) - Milwaukee
(1943/08 - 1946) - Rohwer War Relocation Center
(1942/09 - 1943/08) - Arcadia
(1942/04 - 1942/09) - Norwalk
- San Francisco
- Died
- Aug 5, 2013
San Francisco
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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