Francis Ruyter

{{Short description|American artist}}

Francis Ruyter (born 1968) is an American painter and gallerist. He was born in Washington, DC.{{Cite web|url=http://www.artnews.com/2019/04/16/trans-ness-mans-ness-and-a-lifes-work-artist-and-gallerist-francis-ruyter-tells-his-truth/|title=Trans-ness, Mans-ness, and a Life's Work: Artist and Gallerist Francis Ruyter Tells His Truth|last=Ruyter|first=Francis|date=2019-04-16|website=ARTnews|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-16}}{{cite web|url=https://flash---art.com/article/lisa-ruyter/|title=Lisa Ruyter - - Flash Art|website=flash---art.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/interviews/lisa-ruyter/|title=Not in Exile: Lisa Ruyter|first=Rupert|last=Goldsworthy|date=16 June 2010|publisher=}} Ruyter often paints using photographs as source material, in a style that has been compared to Pop art.{{cite web|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/david-ebony-top-new-york-gallery-shows-for-june-310093|title=David Ebony's Top Ten New York Gallery Shows for June|date=26 June 2015|website=artnet News}} In 2002 he produced a billboard work, as part of MoMA Projects 77. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York,{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/collection/works/76597|title = Lisa Ruyter. PECKINPAH. 1999 | MoMA}} SFMOMA, the Pérez Art Museum Miami, and the Denver Art Museum.{{cite web|url=https://denverartmuseum.org/object/2001.850|title=A Safe Place|website=Denver Art Museum}}