The Art of Louis and Beatrice Baxter Ruyl

• Published in: American art review Vol. 33; no. 1; p. 78
• Main Author: Grinnell, Nancy Whipple
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Stratham American Art Review 01.04.2021
• Subjects: American culture; Art exhibits; Arts and crafts movement; Ceramics; Etching; Illustrators; Prints and printmaking; Ruyl, Beatrice Baxter (1879-1961); Ruyl, Louis H (1870-1951); Visual artists; United States > US; Hingham Massachusetts
• ISSN: 0092-1327

Grinnell discusses exhibition, Picturing Hingham: The Art of Louis and Beatrice Baxter Ruyl, at the Hingham Historical Society in Hingham MA. The Ruyls played roles in several movements integral to American art history: pictorial journalism, regionalism, the arts and crafts movement and children's book illustration. Over the half century they resided in Hingham, the Ruyls adapted their larger experiences in the art world to their time in the town, recording its progress in numerous ways. Louis was most well known as an architectural illustrator; his drawings and etchings reflected his time in New York, as well as New England. Beatrice worked in a number of mediums, reflecting the arts and crafts aesthetic of producing beautiful handmade objects. She painted portraits of both people and houses, created greeting cards, did needlework and made prints, posters and pottery.