{"data": {"name": "Russell T. Limbach", "nationality": "American", "description": "Russell T. Limbach (American, 1904\u20131971)", "biography": "Russell Limbach, known as \u201cButch,\u201d was born in Massillon, Ohio. After making his first lithographs as a teenager in a large commercial house, he attended the Cleveland School of Art, 1922\u201326. He quit and worked in Cleveland in a shop-ad agency for a few years. After he was fired, he went to work for the publicity department of the Union Trust Company. In 1929 and 1930 he traveled to Europe, visiting Vienna, Berlin, and Paris. Beginning in 1931, he made political cartoons for periodicals such as the Cleveland Magazine and the radical leftist publications the <em>New Masses</em> and the <em>Daily Worker</em>. An active member of the Cleveland Print Makers, he gave public demonstrations of printmaking and was one of the club\u2019s directors. Limbach exhibited widely during the 1930s. His first solo show was at the Kokoon Klub (1931), and he had a show devoted to color lithographs at the Cleveland Print Market (1932). He participated in the annual May Shows at the Cleveland Museum of Art (1926\u201335) and in numerous exhibitions in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New York, and Cleveland (late 1920s, 1930s, and early 1940s). He was a member of the American Artists\u2019 Congress, taking part in the <em>America Today</em> exhibition (1936). He was one of two Cleveland printmakers commissioned by the Public Works of Art Project in 1934. He moved to New York in 1935 and became technical advisor for the Works Progress Administration graphics workshop in New York, making the project\u2019s first color lithograph. He taught at Walt Whitman High School in New York City beginning in 1939 and left the WPA in 1940. In 1941 Limbach joined the faculty at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and remained there until his death.<br><em>Transformations in Cleveland Art.</em> (CMA, 1996), p. 233", "birth_year": "1904", "death_year": "1971", "id": 23801, "artworks": [{"id": 108457, "accession_number": "1926.174", "title": "The Hilltop", "tombstone": "The Hilltop, c. 1926. Russell T. Limbach (American, 1904\u20131971). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1926.174", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1926.174"}, {"id": 109000, "accession_number": "1927.172", "title": "The Wave", "tombstone": "The Wave, c. 1927. Russell T. Limbach (American, 1904\u20131971). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1927.172", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1927.172"}, {"id": 109001, "accession_number": "1927.173", "title": "The Iron Fence", "tombstone": "The Iron Fence, c. 1927. Russell T. Limbach (American, 1904\u20131971). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1927.173", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1927.173"}, {"id": 109002, "accession_number": "1927.174", "title": "The Bathers", "tombstone": "The Bathers, c. 1927. Russell T. Limbach (American, 1904\u20131971). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1927.174", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1927.174"}, {"id": 110376, "accession_number": "1928.92", "title": "Spring Night", "tombstone": "Spring Night, c. 1928. Russell T. Limbach (American, 1904\u20131971). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1928.92", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1928.92"}, {"id": 110382, "accession_number": "1928.98", "title": "The Fraternity House", "tombstone": "2: The Fraternity House, c. 1928. Russell T. Limbach (American, 1904\u20131971). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1928.98", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1928.98"}, {"id": 111595, "accession_number": "1930.161", "title": "The American Invasion", "tombstone": "29: The American Invasion, c. 1929. Russell T. Limbach (American, 1904\u20131971). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1930.161", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.161"}, {"id": 112598, "accession_number": "1931.215", "title": "Elephants", "tombstone": "Elephants, c. 1931. Russell T. Limbach (American, 1904\u20131971). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1931.215", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1931.215"}, {"id": 113815, "accession_number": "1933.109", "title": "Circus, No. 1", "tombstone": "Circus, No. 1, c. 1933. Russell T. Limbach (American, 1904\u20131971). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1933.109", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.109"}, {"id": 114180, "accession_number": "1933.430", "title": "Strictly Kosher", "tombstone": "4: Strictly Kosher, 1932. Russell T. Limbach (American, 1904\u20131971). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1933.430", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.430"}, {"id": 114714, "accession_number": "1934.316", "title": "Student and Master", "tombstone": "Student and Master, c. 1924\u201334. Russell T. Limbach (American, 1904\u20131971). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1934.316", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1934.316"}, {"id": 123135, "accession_number": "1943.367", "title": "Farmyard No. 2", "tombstone": "Farmyard No. 2, c. 1928. Russell T. Limbach (American, 1904\u20131971). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Edward J. Adams, 1943.367", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.367"}, {"id": 123136, "accession_number": "1943.368", "title": "Niagara Falls", "tombstone": "Niagara Falls, 1932. Russell T. Limbach (American, 1904\u20131971). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Edward J. Adams, 1943.368", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.368"}, {"id": 123823, "accession_number": "1944.335", "title": "Reviewing Stand", "tombstone": "Contemporary Print Group, The American Scene Series 2: Reviewing Stand, 1934. Russell T. Limbach (American, 1904\u20131971). Lithograph; overall: 25.1 x 36.2 cm (9 7/8 x 14 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride, 1944.335", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.335"}, {"id": 131984, "accession_number": "1954.559", "title": "The Salvation Army Band", "tombstone": "The Salvation Army Band, c. 1927. Russell T. Limbach (American, 1904\u20131971). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection, 1954.559", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.559"}, {"id": 136367, "accession_number": "1960.239", "title": "The Blues Singer", "tombstone": "The Blues Singer, c. 1928. Russell T. Limbach (American, 1904\u20131971). Lithograph; platemark: 17.9 x 22.5 cm (7 1/16 x 8 7/8 in.); sheet: 21.4 x 25.9 cm (8 7/16 x 10 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William C. Keough, 1960.239", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.239"}, {"id": 136369, "accession_number": "1960.240", "title": "The Elevator", "tombstone": "The Elevator, c. 1928. Russell T. Limbach (American, 1904\u20131971). Lithograph; platemark: 19.1 x 17.7 cm (7 1/2 x 6 15/16 in.); sheet: 28 x 21.7 cm (11 x 8 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William C. Keough, 1960.240", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.240"}, {"id": 136370, "accession_number": "1960.241", "title": "The Excursion Boat", "tombstone": "The Excursion Boat, c. 1928. Russell T. Limbach (American, 1904\u20131971). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William C. Keough, 1960.241", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.241"}, {"id": 136371, "accession_number": "1960.242", "title": "Saturday Night, Massillon", "tombstone": "Saturday Night, Massillon, c. 1927. Russell T. Limbach (American, 1904\u20131971). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William C. Keough, 1960.242", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.242"}, {"id": 172920, "accession_number": "2529.1934", "title": "Structural Steel Workers on the Cleveland Post Office during Construction in 1934", "tombstone": "Structural Steel Workers on the Cleveland Post Office during Construction in 1934, 20th century. Russell T. Limbach (American, 1904\u20131971). Lithograph; overall: 44.8 x 30.3 cm (17 5/8 x 11 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Created by the Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration and lent by the Fine Arts Collection of the U.S. General Services Administration, 2529.1934", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2529.1934"}, {"id": 172926, "accession_number": "2535.1934", "title": "Placing the Cornice of the Cleveland Post Office during Construction in 1934", "tombstone": "Placing the Cornice of the Cleveland Post Office during Construction in 1934, 20th century. Russell T. Limbach (American, 1904\u20131971). Lithograph. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Created by the Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration and lent by the Fine Arts Collection of the U.S. General Services Administration, 2535.1934", "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2535.1934"}]}}