Ruthe Katherine Pearlman

This article is about Cincinnati, Ohio artist Ruthe Katherine Pearlman, one of the pioneers of Art Beyond Boundaries[1] - art program for visually impaired, Pearlman gallery in Art Academy of Cincinnati is named after her. For other uses, see Ruthe Katherine Pearlman (disambiguation).
Ruthe Katherine Pearlman

Ruthe K. Pearlman
Born June 30, 1913
Connersville, Indiana, United States
Died January 30, 2007
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Occupation Artist and educator

Ruthe Katherine Pearlman (June 30, 1913 – January 30, 2007) was an American painter, art propagandist, art educator and philanthropist.

Early Years


Ruthe G. Pearlman was born Ruthe Katherine Gottman in 1913 in Connersville, Indiana in a Jewish family of Julius Gottman (jewelry store owner) and his wife Yetta. The family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio in the 1920s. Young Ruthe found her path to art very early on in life. At the age of 16 she started taking art classes at the Art Academy of Cincinnati while being a student at Hughes Center High School. Although she married young to a Physician Dr. Albert Harry Pearlman, she never stopped her work as an artist.

Career as an Artist and an Educator


She completed an art certificate program at Woodstock, New York Academy of Art in 1939, and was an instructor at the Art Academy of Cincinnati until December 2006, so she entered the Art Academy in 1929 at age of 16 and virtually never left. Ruthe traveled extensively with her husband throughout the United States and Europe always bringing new work and exhibiting at Art Academy of Cincinnati. She also had a studio in Cincinnati where she taught students for many years.
In February 2008 the Art Academy of Cincinnati named the main gallery in their exhibit halls in her honor.[2][3][4][5][6]
Despite being diagnosed with macular degeneration in 1988 she continued to work and even went on to teach others with visual impairments. This led her to Art Beyond Boundaries,[1] which was created in 2005 for people with disabilities who want to create art.
Pearlman was participating in the number of City of Cincinnati organizations such as Cincinnati Opera and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the Cincinnati chapter of Hadassah. She was also a member of the congregation of Isaac M. Wise Temple.
She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Art by the Academy in 2002 and founded the Ruthe G.(after her madden name - Gottman) Pearlman Gallery in 2005.
Her art is exhibited at Art Academy of Cincinnati and a number of private collections in Cincinnati,[7] Ohio and Baltimore, Maryland.

Personal

Husband: Dr. Albert Harry Pearlman.
Children: Jerold (1938), Marsha (1941) and Dr. Michael Pearlman (1945).

Legacy

2008 - Art Academy of Cincinnati Pearlman Gallery

References

  1. 1 2 Art Beyond Boundaries http://www.artbeyondboundaries.com/
  2. ↑ Reder, Selena (7–13 December 2005). "The Best New Art Space Ruthe G. Pearlman Gallery". Cincinnati Magazine: 50. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ↑ Durrell, Jane. "Art: Community Education Faculty Exhibition". Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  4. ↑ Stephens, Sarah. "Cover Story: Hot Issue: Ruthe Pearlman's Extraordinary Vision, Art Beyond Boundaries Presents a Retrospective Exhibition". Cover Story: Hot Issue: Ruthe Pearlman's Extraordinary Vision, Art Beyond Boundaries Presents a Retrospective Exhibition. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Pearlman, Ruthe G". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  6. ↑ Pearlman Gallery, Art Academy of Cincinnati
  7. ↑ Ruthe Pearlman at Mary Ran Gallery http://www.maryrangallery.com/ruthe-g-pearlman/
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