May H. Gilruth Explained

May H. Gilruth
Birth Name:	Anna May Hardman
Birth Date:	July 19, 1885
Birth Place:	Jane Lew, West Virginia
Death Place:	Chicago, Illinois
Nationality:	American
Education:	West Virginia Wesleyan College, Ohio Wesleyan College^[1]
Field:	Painting

May H. Gilruth (July 19, 1885 – October 23, 1962) was an American artist/painter.

Personal background

She was born Anna May Hardman in Jane Lew, West Virginia. She disliked her given first name Anna and never used it.^[1] She married Irwin T. Gilruth in 1917 and had two children.

She died in Chicago, Illinois on October 23, 1962.

Career

Gilruth worked primarily in pencil, watercolors, woodcuts and oil paints. She was most active in the 1930s to the 1950s, appearing in four major exhibitions,^[2] including The Art Institute of Chicago in 1945.^[3] She was a member of the National Association of Women Artists, Washington, DC.^[1]

Partial list of Exhibitions^[1]

• Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago and Vicinity Artists, AIC, 1934–44.
• International Water Color Exhibition, AIC, 1935
• American Watercolor Society, NYC, 1937
• National Association of Women Painters & Sculptors, 1938
• Watercolor Annual, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1939

Notes and References

1. Web site: Scott. Stephen. May Hardman Gilruth. Illinois Women Artists Project. Bradley University. 5 June 2017.
2. Scott, Stephen. "Illinois Women Artists Project: May Hardman Gilruth". Retrieved July 22, 2010.
3. 'Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago' Vol. 39, No. 7 (Dec., 1945), p. 111