Katheleen Spencer Bruskin (American, 1911-2001), SWA
‘White River’
watercolour, framed
(sight) 13 ⅜” high x 20 ⅝” wide
(framed) 19 ⅜” high x 24 ¾” wide
Markings: signed lower right, “Bruskin”; titled in pencil verso, “White River”; original artist label verso, “Kathleen Bruskin” / “Box 314” / “Quechee, Vermont 05059”
Description: Original watercolour on paper titled, ‘White River’ by listed American artist Kathleen Spencer Bruskin (1911-2001), Society of Washington Artists. Shown is a partially frozen over valley stream surrounded by colourful outbuildings and the rolling Vermont landscape in winter.
Artist Biography: BRUSKIN (SPENCER), Kathleen. Artist. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, 1911, Died Port Townsend, Washington, 2001. “A modernist easel and mural painter and arts administrator, Kathleen Bruskin had childhood and ongoing family ties to Nebraska, but as an adult lived most of her life in other parts of the world including eastern and southern United States, Vietnam, Thailand, Hong Kong, England, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Greece. From 1957-1964 she was Director of the Art Department at the National Cathedral School in Washington DC; and from 1961-1962, she was President of the Society of Washington Artists. She also did mural painting for the Unitarian Church in Arlington, Virginia.
