# Thomas Ruff (Q77558)

| Property ID | Property | Value | Value entity | Amount | Unit | Date / from | Until | Rank | Sources |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| P569 | Born | February 10, 1958 |  |  |  |  |  | preferred | Integrated Authority File \| SNAC \| Brockhaus Enzyklopädie \| The Fine Art Archive \| Munzinger Personen |
| P569 | Born | 1958 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | ADAGP/CISAC membership list at 07/01/2019 \| Le Delarge \| MAK |
| P31 | Instance of | human | Q5 |  |  |  |  | normal | BnF authorities \| datos.bne.es |
| P19 | Birthplace | Zell am Harmersbach | Q187544 |  |  |  |  | normal | Integrated Authority File |
| P27 | Citizenship | Germany | Q183 |  |  |  |  | normal | Museum of Modern Art online collection \| https://www.workwithdata.com/person/thomas-ruff-1958 |
| P106 | Occupation | photographer | Q33231 |  |  |  |  | normal | The Fine Art Archive \| https://www.stedelijk.nl/nl/collectie/40082-andreas-gursky-dusseldorfer-fotomappe \| https://www.villamassimo.de/de/stipendiaten \| RKDartists |
| P106 | Occupation | university teacher | Q1622272 |  |  |  |  | normal |  |
| P106 | Occupation | photojournalist | Q957729 |  |  |  |  | normal | ADAGP/CISAC membership list at 07/01/2019 |
| P106 | Occupation | visual artist | Q3391743 |  |  |  |  | normal |  |
| P106 | Occupation | artist | Q483501 |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.workwithdata.com/person/thomas-ruff-1958 |
| P735 | Given name | Thomas | Q16428906 |  |  |  |  | normal | Integrated Authority File |
| P937 | Work location | Düsseldorf | Q1718 |  |  |  |  | normal | Integrated Authority File |
| P69 | Education | Kunstakademie Düsseldorf | Q662355 |  |  | 1977-00-00 | 1985-00-00 | normal |  |
| P69 | Education | Folkwang University of the Arts | Q521612 |  |  |  |  | normal |  |
| P1066 | Student of | Bernd and Hilla Becher | Q705085 |  |  |  |  | normal |  |
| P166 | Awards | Baden-Württemberg State Prize for Fine Arts | Q1578207 |  |  | 2003-00-00 |  | normal |  |
| P166 | Awards | Dorothea von Stetten Art Award | Q1246350 |  |  | 1990-00-00 |  | normal |  |
| P166 | Awards | Q1439630 | Q1439630 |  |  | 1987-00-00 |  | normal |  |
| P166 | Awards | ars viva | Q703998 |  |  | 1987-00-00 |  | normal |  |
| P166 | Awards | Rome Prize of the German Academy Villa Massimo | Q131237471 |  |  | 1993-01-04 | 1993-06-30 | normal | https://www.villamassimo.de/de/informationen/villa-massimo/studienaufenthalt/liste-rvm-1928-2023 |
| P856 | Website | https://www.thomasruff.com/ |  |  |  |  |  | normal |  |
| P1472 | Commons Creator page | Thomas Ruff |  |  |  |  |  | normal |  |
| P1875 | Represented by | David Zwirner Gallery | Q1950826 |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.davidzwirner.com/artists |
| P1875 | Represented by | Konrad Fischer Galerie | Q55421334 |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.konradfischergalerie.de/artists/ |
| P1875 | Represented by | Artists Rights Society | Q4801318 |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.arsny.com/mostwanted/ |
| P734 | Family name | Ruff | Q16882371 |  |  |  |  | normal |  |
| P1412 | Languages spoken, written or signed | German | Q188 |  |  |  |  | normal | BnF authorities |
| P1344 | Participant in | Documenta IX | Q1234006 |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.documenta.de/en/retrospective/documenta_ix |
| P21 | Sex or gender | male | Q6581097 |  |  |  |  | normal | BnF authorities \| Museum of Modern Art online collection \| Integrated Authority File |
| P6275 | Copyright representative | reproduction right represented by CISAC-member | Q71528227 |  |  |  |  | normal | ADAGP directory \| DACS register |
| P1559 | Name in native language | Thomas Ruff |  |  |  |  |  | normal |  |
| P6379 | Has works in the collection | Städel Museum | Q163804 |  |  |  |  | normal |  |
| P6379 | Has works in the collection | Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía | Q460889 |  |  |  |  | normal |  |
| P6379 | Has works in the collection | National Gallery of Victoria | Q1464509 |  |  |  |  | normal |  |
| P6379 | Has works in the collection | Tate | Q430682 |  |  |  |  | normal |  |
| P6379 | Has works in the collection | National Gallery of Canada | Q1068063 |  |  |  |  | normal |  |
| P6379 | Has works in the collection | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | Q913672 |  |  |  |  | normal | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art online collection |
| P6379 | Has works in the collection | Museum of Modern Art | Q188740 |  |  |  |  | normal |  |
| P6379 | Has works in the collection | Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst | Q1540707 |  |  |  |  | normal |  |
| P6379 | Has works in the collection | Wallonia-Brussels Federation Museum of Contemporary Arts | Q3915539 |  |  |  |  | normal |  |
| P6379 | Has works in the collection | Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium | Q377500 |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.fine-arts-museum.be/nl/de-collectie/artist/ruff-thomas-1 |
| P6379 | Has works in the collection | Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam | Q924335 |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.stedelijk.nl/nl/collectie/40082-andreas-gursky-dusseldorfer-fotomappe \| https://www.stedelijk.nl/nl/collectie/34237-daphne-van-peski-ben-duijvelshoff-thomas-ruff-portretten-huizen-sterren-des-portraits-des-maisons-des-etoiles-portrats-hauser-sterne |
| P6379 | Has works in the collection | Smithsonian American Art Museum | Q1192305 |  |  |  |  | normal | Smithsonian American Art Museum person/institution ID |
| P6379 | Has works in the collection | Institut Valencià d'Art Modern | Q1600831 |  |  |  |  | normal |  |
| P6379 | Has works in the collection | ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe | Q191228 |  |  |  |  | normal | ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe |
| P6379 | Has works in the collection | Hessel Museum of Art | Q57272143 |  |  |  |  | normal | https://bard.emuseum.com/people/2025/thomas-ruff |
| P6379 | Has works in the collection | Photography Collection | Q105026832 |  |  |  |  | normal |  |
| P6379 | Has works in the collection | Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens | Q1954425 |  |  |  |  | normal |  |
| P6379 | Has works in the collection | Whitney Museum of American Art | Q639791 |  |  |  |  | normal |  |
| P6379 | Has works in the collection | National Gallery of Art | Q214867 |  |  |  |  | normal |  |
| P108 | Employer | Kunstakademie Düsseldorf | Q662355 |  |  |  |  | normal |  |
| P101 | Field of work | photography | Q11633 |  |  |  |  | normal | Czech National Authority Database |
| P7763 | Copyright status as a creator | works protected by copyrights | Q73555012 |  |  |  |  | normal |  |
| P9493 | Artist files at | Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library | Q98665879 |  |  |  |  | normal | https://library.si.edu/art-and-artist-files |
| P9493 | Artist files at | National Gallery of Art Library | Q64579481 |  |  |  |  | normal | https://library.nga.gov/permalink/01NGA_INST/1cl1g8d/alma991845173504896 |
| P2031 | Start of work period | 1974 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | RKDartists |
| P2032 | End of work period | 2015 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | RKDartists |
| P1317 | Floruit | 2007 |  |  |  |  |  | normal |  |
| P6844 | AbART person ID | 56487 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://cs.isabart.org/person/56487 |
| P3901 | ADAGP artist ID | thomas-ruff-43585 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.adagp.fr/en/identities/thomas-ruff-43585 |
| P6683 | Alexander Turnbull Library ID | 295355 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/#details=ethesaurus.295355 |
| P5508 | ArchINFORM person/group ID | 54208 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.archinform.net/arch/54208.htm |
| P1367 | Art UK artist ID | ruff-thomas-b-1958 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://artuk.org/discover/artists/ruff-thomas-b-1958 |
| P6295 | ARTIC artist ID | 57088 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.artic.edu/artists/57088 |
| P5489 | Artist-info artist ID | 29725 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.artist-info.com/users/artsitpublicpage/29725 |
| P4432 | Artists of the World ID | 40283168 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://aow.degruyter.com/artist/_40283168 |
| P3782 | Artnet artist ID | thomas-ruff |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.artnet.com/artists/thomas-ruff/ |
| P2843 | Benezit ID | B00157735 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://doi.org/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00157735 |
| P268 | Bibliothèque nationale de France ID | 12547345m |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12547345m |
| P1015 | BIBSYS ID | 98031981 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://authority.bibsys.no/authority/rest/authorities/html/98031981 |
| P5361 | BNB person ID (OBSOLETE) | RuffThomas1958- |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://bnb.data.bl.uk/doc/person/RuffThomas1958- |
| P5019 | Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID | ruff-thomas |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://brockhaus.de/ecs/enzy/article/ruff-thomas |
| P9984 | CANTIC ID | 981058512418106706 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://cantic.bnc.cat/registre/981058512418106706 |
| P4200 | Christie's creator ID | 42465 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://artist.christies.com/_-42465.aspx |
| P11496 | CiNii Research ID | 1140282266792101376 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://cir.nii.ac.jp/crid/1140282266792101376 |
| P3569 | Cultureel Woordenboek ID | fotografie/thomas-ruff |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.cultureelwoordenboek.nl/fotografie/thomas-ruff |
| P10706 | DACS ID (2022) | 000941 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://forms.dacs.org.uk/licensing-works/artist-search/artist-details?ArtistId=ARTS000941 |
| P4663 | DACS ID (former) | 7477a0dc-6af0-469c-8428-f36c88d80153 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://web.archive.org/web/20210630075411/https://www.dacs.org.uk/licensing-works/artist-search/artist-details?ArtistId=7477a0dc-6af0-469c-8428-f36c88d80153 |
| P13049 | DDB person (GND) ID | 118833693 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/person/gnd/118833693 |
| P7902 | Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID | 118833693 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/118833693.html |
| P11239 | DFK Paris person ID | 0006057834 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://static.dfkg.org/purl/persons?dfkid=DFK0006057834 |
| P7847 | DigitaltMuseum ID | 021039690153 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://digitaltmuseum.org/021039690153/_ |
| P1953 | Discogs artist ID | 757250 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.discogs.com/artist/757250 |
| P3219 | Encyclopædia Universalis ID | thomas-ruff |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.universalis.fr/encyclopedie/thomas-ruff/ |
| P2163 | FAST ID | 353195 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://id.worldcat.org/fast/353195 |
| P9720 | FotoCH photographer ID | 28070 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://foto-ch.ch/persons/detail/28070 |
| P3269 | Fotografen.nl ID | 68795 |  |  |  |  |  | normal |  |
| P646 | Freebase ID | /m/083dp4 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/083dp4 |
| P10018 | George Eastman Museum people ID | 52058 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://collections.eastman.org/people/52058 |
| P227 | GND ID | 118833693 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://d-nb.info/gnd/118833693 |
| P8406 | Grove Art Online ID | T096670 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://doi.org/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T096670 |
| P8577 | ICP artist ID | thomas-ruff |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/thomas-ruff |
| P269 | IdRef ID | 034752323 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.idref.fr/034752323 |
| P4927 | Invaluable.com person ID | g2zxom2wdg |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.invaluable.com/artist/g2zxom2wdg |
| P3453 | IPI base code | I-001923989-3 |  |  |  |  |  | normal |  |
| P213 | ISNI | 0000000108672192 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://isni.org/isni/0000000108672192 |
| P4399 | Itaú Cultural ID | pessoa519706/thomas-ruff |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://enciclopedia.itaucultural.org.br/pessoa519706/thomas-ruff |
| P8189 | J9U entity ID | 987007509854905171 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.nli.org.il/en/authorities/987007509854905171 |
| P6698 | Japan Search name ID | トーマス・ルフ |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://jpsearch.go.jp/entity/chname/%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95 |
| P6640 | JRC Names ID | 168976 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://emm.newsbrief.eu/NewsBrief/entityedition/en/168976.html |
| P9964 | Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID | 118833693 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://kalliope-verbund.info/gnd/118833693 |
| P1248 | KulturNav-ID | 5cbe0d6b-bc85-4878-b0d2-5de12577eec8 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://kulturnav.org/5cbe0d6b-bc85-4878-b0d2-5de12577eec8 |
| P1138 | Kunstindeks Danmark Artist ID | 16216 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisKunstner.do?kunstnerId=16216 |
| P1988 | Le Delarge artist ID | 20788_artiste_RUFF_Thomas |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.ledelarge.fr/20788_artiste_RUFF_Thomas |
| P14927 | LEO-BW person (GND) ID | 118833693 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.leo-bw.de/web/guest/detail/-/Detail/details/PERSON/wlbblb_personen/118833693/person |
| P409 | Libraries Australia ID | 35306313 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://viaf.org/processed/NLA\|35306313 |
| P244 | Library of Congress Authorities ID | n95026698 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n95026698 |
| P5587 | Libris-URI | dbqtx9nx14jjm1n |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://libris.kb.se/dbqtx9nx14jjm1n |
| P4759 | Luminous-Lint ID | Thomas__Ruff |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.luminous-lint.com/phoenix.php/photographers/single/Thomas__Ruff |
| P10882 | Met Constituent ID | 162351 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://lite.datasette.io/?csv=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Ffuzheado%2Fmetconstituent%2Fmaster%2FMetConstituent.csv#/data/MetConstituent?_filter_column=Constituent+ID&_filter_op=exact&_filter_value=162351&_sort=rowid |
| P4439 | MNCARS artist ID | ruff-thomas |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.museoreinasofia.es/coleccion/autor/ruff-thomas |
| P1284 | Munzinger person ID | 00000023714 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.munzinger.de/register/portrait/biographien/-/00/00000023714 |
| P2174 | Museum of Modern Art artist ID | 6982 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.moma.org/artists/6982 |
| P271 | NACSIS-CAT author ID | DA18217104 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://ci.nii.ac.jp/author/DA18217104 |
| P2252 | National Gallery of Art artist ID | 38442 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/artist-info.38442.html |
| P5368 | National Gallery of Canada artist ID | thomas-ruff |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/thomas-ruff |
| P2041 | National Gallery of Victoria artist ID | 17083 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/artist/17083/ |
| P949 | National Library of Israel ID (old) | 001436837 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | http://olduli.nli.org.il/F/?func=direct&local_base=nlx10&doc_number=001436837 |
| P1368 | National Library of Latvia ID | 000213498 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://kopkatalogs.lv/F/?func=direct&local_base=lnc10&doc_number=000213498 |
| P7293 | National Library of Poland MMS ID | 9810591648405606 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://dbn.bn.org.pl/descriptor-details/9810591648405606 |
| P950 | National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID | XX5103346 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://datos.bne.es/resource/XX5103346 |
| P1006 | Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID | 074785931 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://data.bibliotheken.nl/id/thes/p074785931 |
| P349 | NDL Authority ID | 001266014 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://id.ndl.go.jp/auth/ndlna/001266014 |
| P3222 | NE.se ID | thomas-ruff |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/lång/thomas-ruff |
| P691 | NL CR AUT ID | xx0192676 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://aleph.nkp.cz/F/?func=find-c&local_base=aut&ccl_term=ica=xx0192676 |
| P1315 | NLA Trove people ID | 905385 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://trove.nla.gov.au/people/905385 |
| P1695 | NLP ID | a0000001767829 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://dbn.bn.org.pl/descriptor-details/a0000001767829 |
| P1375 | NSK (VIAF) ID | 000159561 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://viaf.org/en/processed/NSK\|000159561 |
| P14225 | NSK ID | 981005775760809366 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://bukinet-mreza.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/authfulldisplay?&context=L&vid=385BUKINET_NETWORK:VU1_UNION&lang=en&docid=981005775760809366 |
| P1207 | NUKAT ID | n02063584 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://wikidata-externalid-url.toolforge.org/?p=1207&url_prefix=http://nukat.edu.pl/aut/&id=n02063584 |
| P14178 | Obálky knih ID | xx0192676 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.obalkyknih.cz/view_auth?auth_id=xx0192676 |
| P3762 | OpenMLOL author ID | 326764 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://biblioteche.medialibrary.it/Search?idcrea=326764 |
| P866 | Perlentaucher ID | thomas-ruff |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.perlentaucher.de/autor/thomas-ruff.html |
| P8317 | Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID | 60847 |  |  |  |  |  | normal |  |
| P2750 | Photographers' Identities Catalog ID | 2178 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://pic.nypl.org/constituents/2178 |
| P3361 | PictoRight ID code | BI-11015 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://mijn.pictoright.nl/RemoteProxy.cfm?mtd=getCreatorDetails&no=BI-11015 |
| P4025 | Pinakothek artist ID | y7GE1lvGPV |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/de/artist/y7GE1lvGPV |
| P7444 | Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID | 98811 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://library.rijksmuseum.nl/cgi-bin/koha/opac-authoritiesdetail.pl?marc=1&authid=98811 |
| P650 | RKDartists ID | 68795 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://rkd.nl/artists/68795 |
| P906 | SELIBR ID | 280588 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://libris.kb.se/auth/280588 |
| P4936 | SFMOMA artist ID | thomas_ruff |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.sfmoma.org/artist/thomas_ruff |
| P1795 | Smithsonian American Art Museum person/institution ID | 29711 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=29711 |
| P3430 | SNAC ARK ID | w6m633g4 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6m633g4 |
| P4581 | Städel Museum artist ID | ruff-thomas |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://sammlung.staedelmuseum.de/en/person/ruff-thomas |
| P6645 | Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam ID | 11750-thomas-ruff |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.stedelijk.nl/nl/collectie/maker/11750-thomas-ruff |
| P10069 | Tabakalera ID | 82391 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://katalogoa.tabakalera.eus/cgi-bin/koha/opac-authoritiesdetail.pl?authid=82391 |
| P2741 | Tate artist ID | thomas-ruff-2602 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/thomas-ruff-2602 |
| P245 | Union List of Artist Names ID | 500110115 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=500110115&role=&nation=&prev_page=1&subjectid=$1 |
| P11686 | University of Barcelona authority ID | 981058512418106706 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://crai.ub.edu/sites/default/files/autoritats/permanent/981058512418106706 |
| P1580 | University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme) | a1275289 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://crai.ub.edu/sites/default/files/autoritats/permanent/a1275289 |
| P214 | VIAF cluster ID | 7502260 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://viaf.org/en/viaf/7502260 |
| P6714 | Whitney Museum of American Art artist ID | 12943 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://whitney.org/artists/12943 |
| P10832 | WorldCat Entities ID | E39PBJrChpc8Fw3wy6MDBxrjG3 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJrChpc8Fw3wy6MDBxrjG3 |
| P13591 | Yale LUX ID | person/abad1bbf-5fbe-4d60-ae4e-2be6862c8055 |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://lux.collections.yale.edu/view/person/abad1bbf-5fbe-4d60-ae4e-2be6862c8055 |
| P9670 | ZKM person ID | thomas-ruff |  |  |  |  |  | normal | https://zkm.de/de/person/thomas-ruff |

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