ARTIST: Ruth Martha Kochta (New York, 1924 - 2003)
NAME: Portrait - Farm Girl
YEAR: 1970
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. Some wear to frame.
SIGHT SIZE: 20 x 14 inches / 50 x 35 cm
FRAME SIZE: 23 x 17 inches / 58 x 43 cm
SIGNATURE: Lower left and on verso
NOTE: has artist's business card attached to verso
CATEGORY: antique vintage painting
SKU#: 116239
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Ruth Martha Kochta (New York, 1924 - 2003)
Born in Brooklyn, New York, on January 5, 1924, the daughter of Henry and Anna Braun Evers, she attended local schools and was the Valedictorian of the graduating class of 1942 at Newtown High School in Queens.
Mrs. Kochta was an accomplished abstract painter and was well known in the New York City art community. She owned and operated her own gallery in Greenwich Village, Manhattan for many years.
She was a resident of Flushing/Queens for thirty years until moving to Lenox in 1983. She also operated the Clark Whitney Gallery at 25 Church Street until her retirement in 1997.