Butler, Ruth (Ann)

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BUTLER, Ruth (Ann)

BUTLER, Ruth (Ann). American, b. 1931. Genres: Art/Art history. Career: University of Maryland, assistant professor of art history, 1969-72; University of Massachusetts, Boston, associate professor, 1973-76, chairperson of art department, 1976-80, professor emerita of art history, 1976-. Publications: (ed. with J. Van Nimmen) Nineteenth-Century French Sculpture: Monuments for the Middle Class, 1971; Western Sculpture: Definitions of Man, 1975; (ed.) Rodin in Perspective, 1980; Rodin: The Shape of Genius, 1993. Contributor to books. Address: 41 Holden St., Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.