Renk started creating organic forms in her jewelry and they grew in popularity. In 1948, Renk traveled to Europe and eventually settled in San Francisco. During this time Renk became interested in enamels on metal and began working in metals she was largely self-taught as a jeweler. The gallery showed works by well-known artists including Henry Miller, László Moholy-Nagy, Harry Callahan, and Margaret De Patta. ħ50 Studio is credited as "the first contemporary arts and crafts gallery in America to show abstract art". They lived in the back of the building, which they renovated. Dearborn Street in Chicago with Olive Oliver and Mary Jo Slick. Between 19, Renk co-founded 750 Studio at 750 N. In 1946, she moved to Chicago and enrolled in the IIT Institute of Design, studying industrial design. įrom 1939 until 1941, she attended the Trenton School of Industrial Arts to study painting. Mary Ruth Gibbs was born on Jin Trenton, New Jersey. In 1951, she helped to found the Metal Arts Guild (MAG), and served as its president in 1954. Merry Renk (born Mary Ruth Gibbs J– June 17, 2012), also known as Merry Renk-Curtis, was an American jewelry designer, metalsmith, sculptor and painter. Silver bracelet set with shore pebbles silver and gold unguent box with cut quartz set into plique-à-jour enamel lid tiara forged from single strip of silver.
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