# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruth-faison-shaw
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:40:17.212Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruth-faison-shaw"
name: "Ruth Faison Shaw"
slug: "ruth-faison-shaw"
description: "Ruth Faison Shaw (1889–1969) was an American artist, educator who is credited with introducing finger painting into the US as an art education medium. She developed her techniques while working in Rome, Italy, patenting a safe non-toxic paint in 1931."
tagline: "American artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ruth_Faison_Shaw_in_1947.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1889-10-15"
deathDate: "1969-12-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.602772
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AB_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%88"
    title: "روث فيسون شو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AB_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%88"
    title: "روث فيسون شو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Faison_Shaw"
    title: "Ruth Faison Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Faison_Shaw"
    title: "Ruth Faison Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA_%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "روت فیسون شاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7382975"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump