Ryah Ludins

Ryah Ludins (1896–1957) was a Russian-born American muralist, painter, printmaker, art teacher, and writer. She made murals for broadcast offices and supplementary government buildings during the Great Depression and afterward obtained commissions for murals from Mexican authorities and an industrial concern. Unusually versatile in her technique, she made murals in fresco, mixed media, and wood relief, as with ease as on canvas and ascetic plaster. She exhibited her paintings widely but became augmented known as a printmaker after prints such as "Cassis" (1928) and "Bombing" (about 1944) drew approving notice from critics. She taught art in academic settings and privately, wrote and illustrated a children's book, and contributed an article to a unprejudiced left-wing art magazine. A career spanning more than three decades ended afterward she succumbed to a long sickness in the late 1950s.