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Ruth Duckworth (April 10, 1919 – October 18, 2009) was a modernist sculptor who specialized in ceramics. Her sculptures, as well as wall sculptures and monumental works, are mostly untitled. She is best known for ''Clouds over Lake Michigan'', a wall sculpture. ==Early life and education== Born Ruth Windmüller on April 10, 1919 in Hamburg, Germany, she took up drawing after a doctor recommended that she remain homebound to improve her health.〔〔Hales, Linda. ("Ruth Duckworth: Modernist Sculptor" ), ''The Washington Post'', September 4, 2006. Accessed October 14, 2009.〕 She was the youngest of five children. The oldest, a brother, had promised to watch over her for the rest of her life but was killed when his ship was sunk by a Japanese submarine.〔 The daughter of a Lutheran mother and a Jewish father, she left Germany to study at the Liverpool College of Art in 1936 as she could not study art in her home country under the restrictions imposed by Nazi Germany.〔〔 She later studied at the Hammersmith School of Art and at the City and Guilds of London Art School, where she used the stone carving skills to begin her sculptural career, and she decorated tombstone carvings.〔Grimes, William. ("Ruth Duckworth, Sculptor and Muralist, Dies at 90" ), ''The New York Times'', October 24, 2009. Accessed October 24, 2009.〕 When she applied for art school she was asked if she wanted to choose to focus on drawing, painting or sculpting and insisted that she wanted to study all of them, after all Michelangelo did all three.〔 1919 Born Hamburg, Germany 1936–1940 Liverpool School of Art England 1955 Hammersmith School of Art 1956–1958 Central School of Arts and Crafts London, England 1982 Honorary Doctorate, DePaul University Chicago, IL 2007 Honorary Doctorate Degree, College of Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan, USA 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ruth Duckworth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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