Ruth VanSickle Ford was an American painter, art teacher, and owner of the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Born to Anna Miller, a German immigrant, and Charles P. VanSickle, of Dutch heritage, Ruth was an only child and grew up on the west side of Aurora, Illinois. She attended Mary A. Todd Grade School and West Aurora High School. Immediately following high school she enrolled at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, where she studied under Carl Newland Werntz from 1915–1918. Wikipedia
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