Ruth VanSickle Ford

**Ruth Van Sickle Ford** (Agusta 8, 1897 - Afrilu 18, 1989) yar wasan kwaikwayo Ba'amurki yace, malamar zane-zane, kuma mai Cibiyar Kwalejin Fine ta Chicago . Ta yaba wa masu fasaha George Bellows, wanda ya rinjayi sha'awarta game da zamantakewar zamantakewa, da kuma John Carlson, wanda ya kafa Makarantar zane-zane a Woodstock, New York, tare da taimaka mata wajen bunkasa basirarta. Ta yi tafiya tare da yin zane-zane a Amurka, Caribbean da Kudancin Amirka. Wanda ya ci lambar yabo, ayyukanta suna cikin tarin jama'a na dindindin da na sirri da yawa. An rubuta littafi game da ita mai suna *Warm Light, Cool Shadows: The Life and Art of Ruth Van Sickle Ford.*

## Rayuwarsa da sirri da ilimi
An haifi Ruth Van Sickle a ranar 8 ga Agusta, shekarar alif dari takwas da casa'in da bakwai 1897  a Aurora, Illinois  ga Charles P. Van Sickle da Anna Miller, waɗanda suka yi hijira daga Jamus a 1879. The Van Sickles, wanda ya mallaki gidan cin abinci The Rookery, an yi aure kusan 1891.   Ta kasance da tilo kuma ta girma a yammacin Aurora, Illinois. Ta halarci makarantar sakandare ta West Aurora .  Bayan kammala karatun sakandare a 1915, ta shiga Makarantar Fine Arts ta Chicago, inda ta yi karatu a karkashin Carl Newland Werntz kuma ta sauke karatu a 1918.   Van Sickle abokin karatunsa ne na Walt Disney,  wanda ta kasance tare da ita bayan makaranta.  Ta ci gaba da karatun zane-zane kuma ta yaba da tasirin malamai John Carlson, wanda ya kafa Makarantar Zane-zanen Kasa a Woodstock, New York, da kuma masanin zamantakewa George Bellows .  Ta kuma yi karatu a Art Students League, Chicago da New York Art Students League makarantar bazara. 

Ta auri injiniyan farar hula Albert (Sam) Ford a cikin 1918 a wani bikin soja a Houston, Texas . Bayan daurin aure ya tafi yin hidima a yakin duniya na farko. A shekara ta 1918 Ruth ta yi tafiya yayin da take da juna biyu don ziyarci wata dangi a Utah kuma ta haihu sa’ad da suke tafiya zuwa wurin dansu tilo, Barbara. Bayan yakin, Fords suka zauna a Aurora. Barbara ta sauke karatu daga makarantar sakandare ta West Aurora a 1936 kuma ta halarci Kwalejin Wellesley .  

Ford ba ta dauki kanta a matsayin mace ba, amma ta yi imanin cewa "idan mace tana da sha'awar yin wani abu, ya kamata ta yi." Ta yi amfani da sunan Ruth Van Sickle Ford, lokacin da ya kasance sabon abu don kula da sunan mahaifi, saboda sau da yawa za ta sami bayanin kula ga Ruth Ford, mai zane-zane na gida. 

A cikin 1949, Fords sun hayar da gine-ginen Bruce Goff, malami a Cibiyar Nazarin Fine ta Chicago, don tsarawa da gina gidan da aka fi sani da " Round House " a 404 South Edgelawn Avenue a yammacin Aurora. An ce ana kera ta da tanti na makiyaya na Tibet, kuma ana kiranta da Gidan Umbrella, Gidan Naman kaza da Gidan Kwal, kuma yana jawo hankalin masu neman sani. Wani tsari ne mai kama da balloon mai katanga da aka yi da gawayi da guntun gilashin kala-kala wanda ke da shirin bene na ciki a bude.    A cikin Afrilu 1951 an kwatanta shi a matsayin "fantasy na Hollywood" da "kyakkyawan abin wasa mai ban sha'awa" na mujallar *Architectural Forum* . 

Da suka gaji da kulawar da gidansu ya samu, a 1961 suka sayar da shi suka koma wani gidan kiwo na al’ada da ke da nisa. 

Sam Ford ya mutu a shekara ta 1984.  Ruth Van Sickle Ford ya mutu Afrilu 18, 1989, yana da shekara 91.   Tarin takardunta, hotuna, wasiƙu, da sauran abubuwan da aka adana an ba da gudummawar 'yarta, Barbara Turner, a cikin Archives of American Art . 

## Sana'a

### Mawaki

Ford ya fara aiki a matsayin mai fasaha na kasuwanci. An zabi ta don nunawa a cikin Nunin Amurka na 1921 a Cibiyar Fasaha ta Chicago . Ta baje kolin ayyukanta a duk fadin Amurka da tsibiran Caribbean, inda ta samu kyautuka masu yawa, gami da wasu lambobin yabo na zinare da azurfa. Ana samun launin ruwanta da mai a cikin gidajen tarihi da yawa da tarin masu zaman kansu, gami da Cibiyar Smithsonian a Washington, DC    An baje kolin ayyukanta a cikin 1933 zuwa 1934 a Cibiyar Fasaha ta Chicago's "Century of Progress" " nuna. 

Ford ta yi tafiya zuwa wurare masu ban sha'awa kamar Bermuda, Haiti, Mexico da wurare a cikin Amurka don yin wasu daga cikin abubuwan da ta fi so. Tun da mijinta bai ji dadin tafiya ba, sai ta tafi ita kaɗai ko da 'yarta. A Haiti an baje kolin aikinta a gidan kayan gargajiya na kasa, Haiti ; Ita ce mace ta farko da ta fara baje koli a wajen kasar. 

Ta yi hotuna na manya da yara, masu rai, yanayin birni, shimfidar wurare da zane-zane na yau da kullun da rayuwar birni.  Ford yana da sararin studio a Tree Studios a Chicago, kamar yadda John W. Norton da Albin Polasek suka yi.   A cikin 1947 an gudanar da wani nuni a Grand Central Art Galleries mai suna *Watercolors of Mexico ta Ruth Van Sickle Ford* . 

### Malami

A cikin 1921 kuma a cikin 1930 Ruth ta fara koyarwa a Cibiyar Nazarin Fine ta Chicago . A 1937 ta sayi makarantar da kuɗin aro daga abokai a lokacin Babban Mawuyacin hali kuma ta zama shugaba da Darakta. Ta ci gaba da koyar da launin ruwa da zanen mai.    Ta kan tashi daga Aurora zuwa Chicago kowace rana ta mako, tana aiki daga safiya da yamma. Shekaru da yawa makarantar tana kan bene na 12 na 18 South Michigan Avenue. Ta yi dogon rubutu game da ka'idodinta na ilimin fasaha, gami da bayaninta cewa wanda ya kammala karatunsa a makarantar fasaha "dole ne ya sami damar ci gaba tare da kwarin gwiwa, sha'awa da aikace-aikacen kasuwanci irin na horon fasaharsa." Daya daga cikin shahararrun dalibanta na Chicago shine mai zane-zane na siyasa Bill Mauldin .  Ta cika niyyarta ta sanya ilimin fasaha da fasaha mai araha. 

A cikin 1961 ta sayar da makarantar kuma ta fara koyarwa a YMCA na gida. Daga 1964 zuwa 1973 koyarwa a Aurora College, yanzu Aurora University .  Kwalejin ta ba ta digirin girmamawa a 1974.  

A lokacin rayuwarta kuma ta kasance mai koyarwa a Kwalejin Beloit da ke Wisconsin. 

### Kyaututtuka

* 1931 - Kyautar Gina Kwararren  kwakwalwa na kadda ) ya yi, na Shekara-shekara na Ayyuka ta Chicago da  Kwararru, AIC 
* 1934 - Cibiyar Koyarwar Fasaha ta Connecticut, 1934 
* 1935 - Kyautar Kulub ɗin Taimakon Mata ta Chicago, Nunin Ayyuka na Shekara-shekara ta Chicago da Mawakan Kusa, AIC 
* 1964 - Medallion na Zinare na Mata, Palette da Kwalejin Kiwon Lafiyar Kiwon Lafiya 
* 2002 - Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame, Illinois, mai ba da izini  

### Kungiyoyin sana'a
Ta zama mace ta farko memba daga Illinois na American Watercolor Society a 1954 kuma mace ta farko memba na Palette da Chisel Academy of Fine Art a 1960.    Har ila yau, ta kasance memba na Kungiyar Kwararrun  Mata, Kungiyar Kwararru na Philadelphia da Kungiyar Kwararrun Kwararrun Kwararru, Inc. 

Ta taimaka wajen samo Salon Mata na Chicago. 

### Tari
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## Manazarta

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## Kara karantawa

* Kungiyar fasaha ta Amurka; Kamfanin RR Bowker. *Wanene a cikin fasahar Amurka, 1973: kundin tarihin rayuwa* . Jaques Cattell Press/R. R. Bowker; 1973. ISBN&nbsp; . p.&nbsp;236.
* Nancy Smith Hopp. *Haske mai dumi, Cool Shadows: Rayuwa da fasaha na Ruth Van Sickle Ford* . Latsa Ayyukan Alkalami; 2011. ISBN&nbsp; .
* Rima Lunin Schultz; Adele Hast. *Mata Gina Chicago 1790–1990: Kamus na Rayuwa* . Jami'ar Indiana Press; 2001. ISBN&nbsp; .
* *Wanene a cikin Art American* . RR Bowker. ; 1984. ISBN&nbsp; . p.&nbsp;297.

## Hanyoyin hadi na waje

* Cibiyar Fasaha ta Fox Valley na Fame 2002 Inductee