“One life is not enough to do it all. I’ll keep painting as long as birds fly and I can lift a brush.” – John A. Ruthven.
Celebrated as the “20th-Century Audubon,” John Ruthven is recognized as one of America’s most distinguished wildlife artists. Cincinnati's own John A. Ruthven has lived a life of a thousand tales. Cincinnati Museum Center is helping to share them in a new biography published by the museum, written by noted ornithologists Dr. Jerome Jackson and Dr. Bette Jackson, edited by Anita Buck. John A. Ruthven: An American Treasure is available for purchase now at CMC and the National Exemplar.