Dorothy Rutka

Dorothy Rutka (1907–1985) was an American artist.

Dorothy Rutka
Born1907 (1907)
Grand Rapids, MI
Died1985(1985-00-00) (aged 77–78)[1]
Shaker Heights, OH

She studied at the Cleveland School of Art from 1926 to 1929.[2] Rutka took part in the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project No. 1. in 1936.[2][3] In 1960 she married newspaper editor Philip Porter; in 1985 the couple were killed by Ted Soke and his son Donald, both of whom were strangers who had invaded the Porter home in Shaker Heights, Ohio.[4][5][6]

Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[1] the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Montana Museum of Art and Culture,[7] the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,[8] the Art Institute of Chicago,[9] the Illinois State Museum,[2] and the Cleveland Museum of Art[3]

References
  1. "Dorothy Rutka | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu.
  2. "WPA Art Collection -- Illinois State Museum". www.museum.state.il.us.
  3. "Mexican Corn". Cleveland Museum of Art. 31 October 2018.
  4. "PORTER, PHILIP WYLIE". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University. 18 June 2018.
  5. "Ex-Editor and Wife Are Slain". The New York Times. 22 May 1985.
  6. "Daily Kent Stater 4 September 1985 — Kent State University". dks.library.kent.edu.
  7. "Creator Record". montanamuseum.pastperfectonline.com.
  8. "Dorothy Rutka (Kennon)". FAMSF Search the Collections. 21 September 2018.
  9. "Dorothy Rutka". The Art Institute of Chicago.
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