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John Ruthven

John A. Ruthven (Born 1924) is active/lives in Ohio.  John Ruthven is known for Wildlife other animal.

A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, John A. Ruthven returned to his hometown after serving in World War II. He graduated from the Cincinnati Art Academy and the Jack Storey Central Academy of Commercial Art. He then opened a commercial art studio.

Along with William Zimmerman, another Cincinnati artist, he produced "Top Flight," a unique field guide and speed index to North American waterfowl. It contains over 263 full color reproductions that represent hundreds of hours of work. While the book was in preparation the authors received the full cooperation of the ornithology departments of the University of Cincinnati, Cornell University, the Chicago Natural History Museum, and the Smithsonian Institution.

In 1960, he won the Federal Duck Stamp competition, and from that time many other wildlife art recognitions. Ruthven also won the Lithographer's Association Award for designing the Famous Figureheads series which was placed in the National Mariners Museum in Washington, D. C. H   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1588 characters.]  Artist bio

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Similar artists

.  There are 3 similar (related) artists for John Ruthven available:    Frederic Sackrider Remington,  Ned Jacob,  Olaf Carl Wieghorst