Biography
Ruth Taylor Jacobson studied painting and etching at the Slade School of Fine Art, London, 1959 - 63, where, among other awards, she won first prize in figure drawing.
Many years later, she was attracted to stained-glass, completing an advanced postgraduate course at Central St. Martin’s School of Art, London, where she was awarded a Fellowship in Stained Glass, 1991 - 2.
Solo exhibitions include Camden and Poole Arts Centres, 1985.
Group exhibitions include: Agnews, Wildenstein’s, Barbican Centre, Royal Festival Hall (London); she has also shown work in France, Holland, Malta and Israel, and participated in exhibitions touring Poland and Latvia.
In 1987 she was commissioned to paint a portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother for the Museums Association of Great Britain
| 1959-63 |
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- Solo exhibitions, Poole and Camden Art Centres. Group shows: Agnews,
- Wildenstein’s, Barbican Centre, France, Holland and Israel.
- Public collectionsinclude Yad Vashem Museum.
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| 1987 |
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- Commissioned to paint HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
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| 1989-91 |
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- Postgraduate studies, stained-glass, Central St. Martins, London. Awarded Fellowship.
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| 2000 |
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- Glass exhibited Jewish Museum, London; Stained Glass Museum, Ely
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| 2004-05 |
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- Commissioned by Victoria & Albert Museum to create window for the new ‘Sacred Silver and Stained-Glass Galleries, to accompany their Judaica Collection.
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