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Ruth Kerkovius was born in Latvia in 1921. She received her early training in Munich,
Germany, working in theatre Costume History and Design, and in painting before she came to America.
(https://www.askart.com/artist/Ruth_Kerkovius/114029/Ruth_Kerkovius.aspx)
In the late 1940s she moved to New York. She studied at the Art Students League of New York and the Pratt Graphic Art Center where she was taught by Antonio Frasconi and Michael Ponce de Leon. She participated in annual print competitions at the Boston Printmakers, the Library of Congress, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Society of American Graphic Artists. Her work is in the collections of the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Library of Congress, the University of Chicago, and Wesleyan University. Kerkovius died on 23 January 2007.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Kerkovius)