11 Facts About Worth Ryder

Worth Ryder has been credited as being, "largely responsible for the United States early interest in avant garde art".

Worth Allen Ryder was born November 10,1884, in Kirkwood, Illinois.

Worth Ryder's father Morgan L Ryder was a former trustee of the town of Berkeley and worked for the Southern Pacific freight trains.

Worth Ryder arrived in Berkeley, California as a young child and graduated from Berkeley High School in 1903.

Worth Ryder studied at the University of California, Berkeley, at the Art Students League of New York, from 1906 to 1908 and the Royal Bavarian Academy in Munich.

Worth Ryder served as curator of the Oakland Art Gallery from 1916 to 1918.

From 1921 to 1927, Worth Ryder continued his art studies in Germany, France, and Italy.

Worth Ryder was instrumental in bringing Hans Hofmann to the United States.

Worth Ryder taught art at the University of California, Berkeley from 1926 until his retirement in 1955.

Worth Ryder died from a heart ailment on February 17,1960, in Berkeley, California.

Worth Ryder was survived by his wife Cornelia Meta Ryder and daughter Cornelia Beatrice Ryder.