Bohan, Ruth Harris, b. Sept. 15, 1891; d. Kansas City, Aug., 1981. Painter. Printmaker.
Studied at the Kansas City Art Institute with Randall Davies and in Europe in the 1910s. Taught art at the Barstow School for girls. Her husband, Dr. Peter Bohan, was a professor of medicine at the Univ. of Kansas School of Medicine from 1941-45. Illustrator of Logan Clendening’s Romance of Medicine: Behind the Doctor (1943). The Ruth Bohan Teaching Fellowship at the Univ. of Kansas recognizes excellence in teaching in the medical school. Exhibitions:
Annual Exhibition of the Artists of Kansas City and Vicinity, 1917;
Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition, 1923;
Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition, 1924;
17th McPherson Exhibition 1927
Awards:
Gold Medal for Painting, Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition, 1924; Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition, 1925; Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition, 1927
Collections:
Spencer Museum of Art; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
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Taken from the "Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945)", compiled by Susan V. Craig, Art & Architecture Librarian, Univ. of Kansas, August, 2006. Use permitted under Creative Commons
Studied at the Kansas City Art Institute with Randall Davies and in Europe in the 1910s. Taught art at the Barstow School for girls. Her husband, Dr. Peter Bohan, was a professor of medicine at the Univ. of Kansas School of Medicine from 1941-45. Illustrator of Logan Clendening’s Romance of Medicine: Behind the Doctor (1943). The Ruth Bohan Teaching Fellowship at the Univ. of Kansas recognizes excellence in teaching in the medical school. Exhibitions:
Annual Exhibition of the Artists of Kansas City and Vicinity, 1917;
Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition, 1923;
Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition, 1924;
17th McPherson Exhibition 1927
Awards:
Gold Medal for Painting, Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition, 1924; Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition, 1925; Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition, 1927
Collections:
Spencer Museum of Art; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
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Taken from the "Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945)", compiled by Susan V. Craig, Art & Architecture Librarian, Univ. of Kansas, August, 2006. Use permitted under Creative Commons
Bohan, Ruth Harris, b. Sept. 15, 1891; d. Kansas City, Aug., 1981. Painter. Printmaker.
Studied at the Kansas City Art Institute with Randall Davies and in Europe in the 1910s. Taught art at the Barstow School for girls. Her husband, Dr. Peter Bohan, was a professor of medicine at the Univ. of Kansas School of Medicine from 1941-45. Illustrator of Logan Clendening’s Romance of Medicine: Behind the Doctor (1943). The Ruth Bohan Teaching Fellowship at the Univ. of Kansas recognizes excellence in teaching in the medical school. Exhibitions:
Annual Exhibition of the Artists of Kansas City and Vicinity, 1917;
Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition, 1923;
Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition, 1924;
17th McPherson Exhibition 1927
Awards:
Gold Medal for Painting, Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition, 1924; Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition, 1925; Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition, 1927
Collections:
Spencer Museum of Art; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
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Taken from the "Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945)", compiled by Susan V. Craig, Art & Architecture Librarian, Univ. of Kansas, August, 2006. Use permitted under Creative Commons
Studied at the Kansas City Art Institute with Randall Davies and in Europe in the 1910s. Taught art at the Barstow School for girls. Her husband, Dr. Peter Bohan, was a professor of medicine at the Univ. of Kansas School of Medicine from 1941-45. Illustrator of Logan Clendening’s Romance of Medicine: Behind the Doctor (1943). The Ruth Bohan Teaching Fellowship at the Univ. of Kansas recognizes excellence in teaching in the medical school. Exhibitions:
Annual Exhibition of the Artists of Kansas City and Vicinity, 1917;
Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition, 1923;
Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition, 1924;
17th McPherson Exhibition 1927
Awards:
Gold Medal for Painting, Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition, 1924; Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition, 1925; Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition, 1927
Collections:
Spencer Museum of Art; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
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Taken from the "Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945)", compiled by Susan V. Craig, Art & Architecture Librarian, Univ. of Kansas, August, 2006. Use permitted under Creative Commons
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