Ruth Baumgarte
1923 - 2013
| 1923 | Born at Coburg, Bavaria, Germany Coming from an old theater family she grew up in Berlin as the daughter of the actor and the later UFA administrative director Kurt Rupli and actress Margarethe Kellner-Conrady |
| 1940 | Private Kunstschule des Westens (Private Art School of the West), Emmy Stalmann, Berlin |
| 1941 - 44 | Studies Painting and Graphics at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste (Art Academy) in Berlin under Professors Gerhard Ulrich, Carl Michel, Wilhelm Tank, Hermann Franzke and Kurt Wehlte During her education she was regular associate of the Kaskeline-Zeichentrickfilm-Atelier (Kaskeline studio for animated films) in Berlin Change to the Staatliche Industrie- und Kunstgewerbeschule (Art Academy) at Sonneberg in Thuringia, because the Berlin Art Academy had to be evacuated as a consequence of World War II |
| 1945 | Return to Berlin |
| 1946 | Moves to West Germany (Bielefeld) |
| 1947 onw. | Freelance painter and graphic artist Many books and other publications illustrated by Ruth Baumgarte appear First exhibitions nationally and internationally |
| 1950 onw. | Numerous travels to Scandinavia, Southern Europe, Asia, the USA and regularly to Africa Many encounters and friendly relations with well-known artists and personalities from culture, politics and economics |
| 1970 onw. | Member of the Bundesverband Bildender Künstler (BBK: Federal Association of Visual Artists) and Lippischer Künstlerbund (LKB: Lippe Artists‘ Association) |
| 1975 onw. | Own gallery: Das Fenster (The window) in Bielefeld |
| 1980 onw. | Annual stay for several months in Africa |
| 1986 | Jointly responsible co-founder of Samuelis Baumgarte Gallery, Bielefeld |
| 2012 | Establishment of Kunststiftung Ruth Baumgarte (Art Foundation Ruth Baumgarte) |
| 2013 | 7th February Ruth Baumgarte dies at her home in Bielefeld |