Sapulpa Showcase (October 2020)

Artifact(s) of the Month:

1. 'Daisy Mona Lisa' (1950) by Richard "Dick" Ruhl,
2. 'Donald Duck Sketch' (1960) by Richard "Dick" Ruhl.

James Richard “Dick” Ruhl was born in Sapulpa in 1926. He want to Sapulpa High School, and graduated at age of 16 in 1943. He moved to Los Angeles after graduation, where he became an animator for Walt Disney Studios. He drew characters such as Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse during Disney’s famed “Golden Age” and retired in 1960.

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