Veronica Ruzicka
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Veronica Ruzicka | |
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| Born | September 29, 1917 New York, New York, U.S. |
| Died | October 12, 1981 (age 64) Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Other names | Veronica Laing |
| Occupations | Illustrator, designer, artist |
| Spouse | Alexander Laing m. 1961 |
| Father | Rudolph Ruzicka |
Veronica Ruzicka Laing (September 29, 1917 – October 12, 1981) was an American artist, designer, mapmaker, and illustrator.
Ruzicka was born in New York City, the daughter of typographer and artist Rudolph Ruzicka and Filomena Sprova Ruzicka.[1][2] Both of her parents were immigrants from Bohemia. She graduated from Barnard College in 1939, with further studies at the Grand Central School of Art, Columbia University, and New York University. She trained in military cartography during World War II.[3] She studied decorative papermaking with Rosamond B. Loring in Boston.[4][5]
Career
Ruzicka made maps,[6] illustrations, and decorative endpapers for books[7][8] including Loring's Decorated Book Papers (1942), Robert Frost's A Witness Tree (1942),[9] Ruth Hornblower Churchill's The Home Bible (1951),[10] Alexander Laing's Clipper Ships and their Makers (1966), and The Adams Papers.[2][11]