RUTH C. HAGSTRÖM

Ruth C. Hagström died in March of 2007 at the age of one hundred. She was a native of Gloucester, She lived in the same house for ninety-five of her hundred years. She studied with Elliot O'Hara in Ft. Lauderdale, and Edgar Whitney, in Maine. She attended the Massachusetts School of Art (now the Massachusetts College of Art), She taught Art at Kendall Hall, what is now known as Endicott College. She taught portraiture in her home for 30 years.

Ruth Hagström is a member of the Cape Ann Watercolor Painters. Ruth has been a member of Rockport Art Association since 1942. She is currently an Emeritus Member there. She is a Fellow Member of the American Artist Professional League having participated in three Grand National Exhibitions, Ruth won a gold medal in one of those exhibitions. Ruth is a current member of the Springfield Society of Academic Artists, Copley Society, and North Shore Arts Association.

Ruth has been honored with a show at the Arts Foundation of Boston, where he work was called, "colorful and picturesque" and described Ruth as an, "outstanding New England Artist".

Ruth has painted in France, spending the summer in Grasse, at the home of Anthony Thieme. She painted in Ft. Lauderdale and St. Augustine from the 1940's to the early 1970's. Ruth has painted with artists such as Emile Gruppe, Aldo Hibbard, and John Czerpak. Many of her paintings are being shown for the first time in her life.

 

RUTH HAGSTRÖM 2006 EXHIBITION

 
 
BLONDE NUDE
O/L 25" X 30"
$4000

 
 
  BRUNETTE NUDE BUN
O/L 25" X 30"
$4000

 

 

 YELLOW LILIES STILL LIFE
O/C 18" X 24"
$2200

 

 

  STILL LIFE BRASS URN
O/L 16" X 20"
$2000

 

 

  WOMAN WITH UKELELE
O/L 25" X 30"
$3000

 

 

 OLD SAINT AUGUSTINE CHURCH
O/L 16" X 20"
$2200

 

 

  SHORT-HAIRED NUDE
O/L 28" X 32"
$4000

 

 

 OIL-SKINNED BLONDE
O/L 24" X 20"
$1800

 

 

STILL LIFE CARROTS
O/L 20" X 24"
$1800

 

 MOTHER AND CHILD
O/L 20" X 24"
$1800
 

 

 PROVANCE FRANCE
O/L 15" X 21"
$2000
 

 

 THE CHURCH-LANESVILLE
O/C 16" X 12"
$1150

 
 
 FALL CHURCH
W/C 14" X 19"
$1000

VERTICAL WITH LEAVES
 
O/C 14" X 52"
 
$4000

 

 

VERTICAL WITH FLOWERS & FACE
 
O/C 14" X 52"
 
$4000
 
 LOOSE STRIFE LANESVILLE POND
O/B 10" X 14"
$650

 
 PUEBLO INDIAN COUPLE
O/C 36" X 24"
$3500

 

 

SCULPTOR'S QUARRY
O/B 15" X 20.5"
$1400

 THE SINGER
O/C 32" X 26"
$5400

 
 LES TROIS RELIGIUSES
O/C 25" X 30"
SOLD

 

 

 YELLOW FLOWERS IN A WHITE VASE
O/C 8" X 10"
$750

 

 

BEAUPORT
W/C 14" X 18"
$900

 

 

LITTLE GIRL
O/P 12" X 9"
$750