RUSKIN STONE Signed oil on canvas portrait ‘79, signature and date to the lower right corner illegible possibly reads ‘Ruskin Stone 79’, subject a portrait of a man painting, piece not framed, measures 36 inches tall by 24 inches wide, piece not framed, wear to edges of frame, Ruskin Stone, American art, American art, portraiture, portrait painting, home decor, wall art, modern art, contemporary art, expressionism.7 Ruskin Beechler Stone was born December 2, 1906 in Fostoria, Ohio. His father was a businessman and Civil War veteran, and was said to be very creative. His mother had received a good edu­cation and loved poetry and literature. In 1916, the family moved to Toledo, Ohio, near the new Toledo Museum of Art. Young Ruskin showed an interest in sketching and drawing and soon became a student of the local legend, Karl Kappes. Kappes had studied abroad in Paris and Munich, and also in New York City with William Merritt Chase. Stone studied with Kappes for nine years before taking further