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Object Record
Images
Metadata
Item ID# |
2009.019.003 |
Object Name |
Tapestry |
Title |
The Foolish Virgins |
Description |
One tapestry titled "The Foolish Virgins". Tapestry is rectangular in shape. Running the length of the short sides are thick green stripes and there are cream tassels on these ends. The background of the work is brown. Along the long sides of the work are green, pink and grey waved stripes. Emitting from these stripes towards the centre of the work are blue, green, yellow and pink plants, birds and geometric shapes that resemble snowflakes. In the centre of the work are three people; a man with breeches and a large crown, a woman with blond hair, a crown and a ink, blue and grey gown, and another woman with a crown, a blue bodice and pink and yellow skirt. On each side of the people are large multi-coloured flowers. Sewn to the backside of the work there is a thick rectangular twill tape label with "Title The Foolish Virgins Traditional Norwegian Technique Woven by Ruth Arnsberger". Above the twill tape label is a paper label with the same information as well as the work's monetary value. This label is also sewn to the work. In the opposite corner is a rectangular paper label with "RUTH ARNSBERGER, WIARTON ONTARIO 55 FOOLISH VIRGINS NFS". This label is held to the work by a straight pin. |
Artist |
Ruth Arnsberger |
Provenance |
Ruth Sandli was born in Norderhov, Norway on April 22, 1922. Ruth studied art at Klemtsrud School and Norwegian Art Academy at Oslo, and spent three years at the Gird Smith Weaving School, also in Oslo. She studied watercolour under Claus Pack, Vienna Art Academy (thanks to a UNESCO Scholarship) and Water Phillips at the Banff School of Fine Art. She came to Ontario in the mid 1950s, travelling back to Norway briefly before settling in the Wiarton area where she and her husband Orlo Arnsberger ran the Cliffside Resort at the top of Spragge Hill. Ruth was known, not only for her weaving and tapestries, but also for her watercolour painting and as designer of the Bruce Trail Cairn, unveiled on June 10, 1967 in Tobermory. She also enjoyed sharing the love of her art with others, teaching at many places and sharing her talents. Ruth was a founding member of the Pottawatomi Spinners and Weavers Guild and restored Emily Carr’s rugs for the Tom Thomson Art Gallery. |
Dimensions |
W-40.157 L-24.094 inches |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Search Terms & Subjects |
Art |
Places |
Wiarton |
People |
Arnsberger, Ruth |