- Born
- February 10, 1958
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-09
- 2.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 3.Stated in Brockhaus EnzyklopädieRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in The Fine Art Archive
- 5.Stated in Munzinger PersonenRetrieved 2017-10-09
- , 1958
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Sources- 1.Stated in ADAGP/CISAC membership list at 07/01/2019Retrieved 2020-09-20
- 2.Stated in Le Delarge
- 3.Stated in MAK
- February 10, 1958
- Birthplace
- Citizenship
- Germany
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Sources- 1.Stated in Museum of Modern Art online collectionRetrieved 2019-12-04
- 2.workwithdata.com/person/thomas-ruff-1958Retrieved 2024-12-12
- Germany
- Occupation
- photographer
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Sources- 1.Stated in The Fine Art ArchiveRetrieved 2021-04-01
- 2.“Düsseldorfer Fotomappe”stedelijk.nl/nl/collectie/40082-andreas-gursky-dusseldorfer-fotomappeRetrieved 2021-09-07
- 3.“Villa Massimo Stipendien”villamassimo.de/de/stipendiatenRetrieved 2025-03-11
- 4.Stated in RKDartistsRetrieved 2025-12-12
- , university teacher
- , photojournalist
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Sources- 1.Stated in ADAGP/CISAC membership list at 07/01/2019Retrieved 2020-09-20
- +2 more
- photographer
- Education
- Employer
- Languages spoken, written or signed
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- Awards
- Baden-Württemberg State Prize for Fine Arts(2003)
- Dorothea von Stetten Art Award(1990)
- Q1439630(1987)
- ars viva(1987)
- Rome Prize of the German Academy Villa Massimo(1993–1993)
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Sources- 1.“liste-rvm-1928-2023”villamassimo.de/de/informationen/villa-massimo/studienaufenthalt/liste-rvm-1928-2023Retrieved 2025-03-10
- Commons Creator page
- Thomas Ruff
- Sex or gender
- male
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Sources- 1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 2.Stated in Museum of Modern Art online collectionRetrieved 2019-12-04
- 3.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-07-21
- male
- Copyright representative
- reproduction right represented by CISAC-member
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Sources- 1.Stated in ADAGP directoryRetrieved 2019-10-19
- 2.Stated in DACS registerRetrieved 2019-10-19
- reproduction right represented by CISAC-member
- Name in native language
- Thomas Ruff
- Has works in the collection
- Städel Museum
- Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
- National Gallery of Victoria
- Tate
- National Gallery of Canada
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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Sources- 1.Stated in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art online collectionRetrieved 2019-12-10
- Museum of Modern Art
- Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst
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- Wallonia-Brussels Federation Museum of Contemporary Arts
- Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
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Sources- 1.fine-arts-museum.be/nl/de-collectie/artist/ruff-thomas-1Retrieved 2021-05-04
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
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Sources- 1.“Düsseldorfer Fotomappe”stedelijk.nl/nl/collectie/40082-andreas-gursky-dusseldorfer-fotomappeRetrieved 2021-09-07
- 2.“Thomas Ruff Portretten, Huizen, Sterren / des Portraits, des Maisons, des Etoiles / Porträts, Häuser, Sterne”stedelijk.nl/nl/collectie/34237-daphne-van-peski-ben-duijvelshoff-thomas-ruff-portretten-huizen-sterren-des-portraits-des-maisons-des-etoiles-portrats-hauser-sterneRetrieved 2021-09-07
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Sources- 1.Stated in Smithsonian American Art Museum person/institution IDRetrieved 2021-10-15
- Institut Valencià d'Art Modern
- ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
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Sources- 1.Stated in ZKM Center for Art and Media KarlsruheRetrieved 2022-06-30
- Hessel Museum of Art
- Photography Collection location: New York Public Library Main Branch
- Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- National Gallery of Art
- Field of work
- photography
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-11-07
- photography
- Copyright status as a creator
- works protected by copyrights applies to jurisdiction: countries with longer than 70 years pma
- Start of work period
- 1974
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- 1974
- End of work period
- 2015
1
- 2015
- Floruit
- 2007
On other databases
97 identifiers linking Thomas Ruff across the web's reference databases
- AbART person ID56487
- ADAGP artist IDthomas-ruff-43585
- Alexander Turnbull Library ID295355
- ArchINFORM person/group ID54208
- Art UK artist IDruff-thomas-b-1958
- ARTIC artist ID57088
- Artist-info artist ID29725
- Artists of the World ID40283168
- Artnet artist IDthomas-ruff
- Benezit IDB00157735
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID12547345m
- BIBSYS ID98031981
- BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)RuffThomas1958-
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDruff-thomas
- CANTIC ID981058512418106706
- Christie's creator ID42465
- CiNii Research ID1140282266792101376
- Cultureel Woordenboek IDfotografie/thomas-ruff
- DACS ID (2022)000941
- DACS ID (former)7477a0dc-6af0-469c-8428-f36c88d80153
- DDB person (GND) ID118833693
- Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID118833693
- DFK Paris person ID0006057834
- DigitaltMuseum ID021039690153
- Discogs artist ID757250
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDthomas-ruff
- FAST ID353195
- FotoCH photographer ID28070
- Fotografen.nl ID68795
- Freebase ID/m/083dp4
- George Eastman Museum people ID52058
- GND ID118833693
- Grove Art Online IDT096670
- ICP artist IDthomas-ruff
- IdRef ID034752323
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- IPI base codeI-001923989-3
- ISNI0000000108672192
- Itaú Cultural IDpessoa519706/thomas-ruff
- J9U entity ID987007509854905171
- Japan Search name IDトーマス・ルフ
- JRC Names ID168976
- Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID118833693
- KulturNav-ID5cbe0d6b-bc85-4878-b0d2-5de12577eec8
- Kunstindeks Danmark Artist ID16216
- Le Delarge artist ID20788_artiste_RUFF_Thomas
- LEO-BW person (GND) ID118833693
- Libraries Australia ID35306313
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn95026698
- Libris-URIdbqtx9nx14jjm1n
- Luminous-Lint IDThomas__Ruff
- Met Constituent ID162351
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- Munzinger person ID00000023714
- Museum of Modern Art artist ID6982
- NACSIS-CAT author IDDA18217104
- National Gallery of Art artist ID38442
- National Gallery of Canada artist IDthomas-ruff
- National Gallery of Victoria artist ID17083
- National Library of Israel ID (old)001436837
- National Library of Latvia ID000213498
- National Library of Poland MMS ID9810591648405606
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX5103346
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID074785931
- NDL Authority ID001266014
- NE.se IDthomas-ruff
- NL CR AUT IDxx0192676
- NLA Trove people ID905385
- NLP IDa0000001767829
- NSK (VIAF) ID000159561
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- Perlentaucher IDthomas-ruff
- Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID60847
- Photographers' Identities Catalog ID2178
- PictoRight ID codeBI-11015
- Pinakothek artist IDy7GE1lvGPV
- Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID98811
- RKDartists ID68795
- SELIBR ID280588
- SFMOMA artist IDthomas_ruff
- Smithsonian American Art Museum person/institution ID29711
- SNAC ARK IDw6m633g4
- Städel Museum artist IDruff-thomas
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam ID11750-thomas-ruff
- Tabakalera ID82391
- Tate artist IDthomas-ruff-2602
- Union List of Artist Names ID500110115