Tomasz Rut
Artist
Born in Poland; came to U.S., 1980.
Education: Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts (Poland), 1986; Columbia University School of General Studies, New York City, 1980-81; Pratt Institute, Brooklyn (NY), 1981-82.
Career: apprenticeship, Conservation Studio, Museum of Hispanic Society of America, New York City, 1980-82; free-lance conservator, Warsaw (Poland), 1983-86; senior conservator, Baltimore, Campbell, Smith, Restorations, Inc., Baltimore House Conservation Studio, Asheville (NC), 1986-88; senior conservator, president, R & W Studios, Inc., West Palm Beach (FL), 1988 -.
Author, i.a.: conservator, Society of the Four Arts murals, Palm Beach, Smithsonian Institution decorative painting, Barratt House murals, Greenwood (SC), Fendall Hall decorative painting, Eufaula (AL), Treasury Department, Washington (DC), New Jersey State House ceiling, 1991, Florida State University mural painting, Tallahassee, Valentine Museum decorative painting and finishes, Richmond (VA), numerous residences in Palm Beach.; article in The Conservator.
Member of: associate member, American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works; intern, corporate member, Association for Preservation Technology, National Trust for Historic Preservation; corporate member, Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach, Wentworth Galleries (FL).
Languages: Polish, English.
Home: 502 Palm Street #1, West Palm Beach, FL 33401.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.