Worth Ryder
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| name = Worth Ryder
| other_names =
| birth_name = Woodworth Allen Ryder
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1884|11|10}}
| birth_place = Kirkwood, Illinois, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1960|02|17|1884|11|10}}
| death_place = Berkeley, California, U.S.
| nationality = American
| alma_mater = University of California, Berkeley,
Art Students League of New York,
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
| known_for = Art
| spouse = Cornelia Meta Breckenfeld
| children = 1
}}
Wood Allen Ryder (November 10, 1884 – February 17, 1960), was an American artist, curator, and art professor.{{Cite web|url = http://texts.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb2t1nb146&doc.view=frames&chunk.id=div00026&toc.depth=1&toc.id=|title = Worth Allen Ryder, Art: Berkeley, 1884-1960, Professor Emeritus|date = 2011|access-date = November 13, 2014|website = Calisphere|publisher = The Regents of The University of California}} He has been credited as being, "largely responsible for the United States early interest in avant garde art".{{Cite web|date=February 28, 1960|title=Worth Ryder Left A Lasting Impression On Many Hearts|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/332067376/|access-date=2020-10-15|website=Newspapers.com|publisher=Oakland Tribune|page=67|language=en}}
Life
Worth Allen Ryder was born November 10, 1884, in Kirkwood, Illinois.{{Cite web|date=2018-09-21|title=Worth Ryder|url=https://art.famsf.org/worth-ryder|access-date=2020-10-15|website=Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF)|language=en}} He was one of three children.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bg0TAAAAIAAJ|title=Southern Pacific Bulletin|date=1924|publisher=Southern Pacific Company|pages=27|language=en}} His father Morgan L. Ryder was a former trustee of the town of Berkeley and worked for the Southern Pacific freight trains.{{Cite web|date=13 June 1910|title=Morgan L. Ryder Arrives At Old Home|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/80944403/|access-date=2020-10-15|website=Newspapers.com|publisher=The San Francisco Call|page=8|language=en}} Ryder arrived in Berkeley, California as a young child and graduated from Berkeley High School in 1903. He studied at the University of California, Berkeley, at the Art Students League of New York, from 1906 to 1908 and the Royal Bavarian Academy in Munich (now called the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich).{{Cite web|date=October 26, 1924|title=Worth Ryder's Return to Munich|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/95440431/|access-date=2020-10-15|website=Newspapers.com|publisher=Oakland Tribune|page=54|language=en}}
In 1911, he returned to California, where he taught at the California School of Arts and Crafts (now called the California College of the Arts) until 1918. He also served as curator of the Oakland Art Gallery from 1916 to 1918.
From 1921 to 1927, Ryder continued his art studies in Germany, France, and Italy. One of his teachers was Hans Hofmann.{{Cite web|last=Winn|first=Steven|date=2019-03-26|title=Strokes of Genius: Hans Hofmann's Gift to Berkeley|url=https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/spring-2019/strokes-genius-hans-hofmanns-gift-berkeley|access-date=2020-10-15|website=Cal Alumni Association|quote=Hans Hofmann, the great abstract expressionist painter and teacher, might never have made his indelible imprint on 20th-century American art, first on the West Coast and ultimately across the U.S., had it not been for two summers teaching at UC Berkeley. The invitation came from Worth Ryder, an art department faculty member and former Hofmann student}} He was instrumental in bringing Hans Hofmann to the United States. It was in the United States where Hofmann had his first solo show at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor and Hoffman taught in the 1930 and 1931 summer sessions at University of California, Berkeley.
Ryder taught art at the University of California, Berkeley from 1926 until his retirement in 1955. Among Ryder's pupils were artists Dorothy Rieber Joralemon, Robert Boardman Howard, Karl Kasten, James McCray, among others.{{cite web|title=Dorothy Rieber Joralemon|url=http://www.askart.com/artist/Dorothy_Rieber_Joralemon/101693/Dorothy_Rieber_Joralemon.aspx|access-date=2 June 2017|website=Askart.com}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5IEzw2IJ5ZQC|title=Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers|publisher=Apollo|year=1986|isbn=978-0-938290-04-9|editor-last=Opitz|editor-first=Glenn B.|location=Poughkeepsie, NY|language=en}}
Ryder died from a heart ailment on February 17, 1960, in Berkeley, California.{{Cite web|date=February 21, 1960|title=Obituaries, Death Elsewhere|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/310061062/|access-date=2020-10-15|website=Newspapers.com|publisher=The Hammond Times|page=B-3|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=February 18, 1960|title=Professor Ryder Funeral Pending|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/332065017/|access-date=2020-10-15|website=Newspapers.com|publisher=Oakland Tribune|page=20|language=en}} He was survived by his wife Cornelia Meta Ryder (née Breckenfeld) and daughter Cornelia Beatrice Ryder.
Legacy
The Worth Ryder Art Gallery at the University of California, Berkeley, is named for him. Hans Hofmann donated one of his own paintings to the university in memory of his friend and former student, and in 1963 Hofmann gave the university a major collection of his work and seed money toward creation of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
References
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External links
- [http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/k6j10121/?query=Worth%2520Ryder Finding Aid to Worth Ryder Papers, 1927-1954], from The Bancroft Library
- [https://www.askart.com/artist/artist/4180/artist.aspx Worth Ryder] on AskArt.com
- [https://art.berkeley.edu/gallery Worth Ryder Art Gallery] website
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Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni
Category:Berkeley High School (Berkeley, California) alumni
Category:Artists from the San Francisco Bay Area
Category:Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design faculty
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