Rudolph Ruzicka, The Custom House Tower from the Waterside

Rudolph Ruzicka

American · 1883–1978 · Painter, Printmaker

Rudolph Ruzicka was a Czech American wood engraver, etcher, illustrator, typeface designer, and book designer. Ruzicka designed typefaces and wood engraving illustrations for… (Wikipedia)

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Rudolph Ruzicka was a Czech American wood engraver, etcher, illustrator, typeface designer, and book designer. Ruzicka designed typefaces and wood engraving illustrations for Daniel Berkeley Updike's Merrymount Press, and was a designer for, and consultant to, the Mergenthaler Linotype Company for fifty years. He designed a number of seals and medals, including the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and the Dartmouth Medal of the American Library Association.

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Born 1883, KouřimDied 1978, New York CityOccupation Painter, Printmaker, IllustratorWikidata Q7377450 ↗ULAN 500040796 ↗Museum works 1

Also known as Rudolf Ruzicka

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Rudolph Ruzicka, The Custom House Tower from the Waterside
The Custom House Tower from the Waterside1919 · chiaroscuro woodcut
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of FitzRoy Carrington — Open Access (CC0)

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