Artist

Rudolph Ruzicka

American, 1883–1978

Rudolph Ruzicka was an American artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Cleveland Museum of Art. Rudolph Ruzicka was born in Kouřim.

Rudolph Ruzicka (29 June 1883 – 20 July 1978) was a Czech American wood engraver, etcher, illustrator, typeface designer, and book designer. Ruzicka designed typefaces and wood engraving illustrations for Daniel Berkeley Updike's Merrymount Press, and was a designer for, and consultant to, the Mergenthaler Linotype Company for fifty years. He designed a number of seals and medals, including the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and the Dartmouth Medal of the American Library Association.

Works by Rudolph Ruzicka

Collections represented

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