Ruth Sutherland

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Ruth Sutherland
Born1884 (1884)
Adelaide, Australia
Died1948 (aged 63–64)
NationalityAustralian
EducationNational Gallery School
Known forPainting, Writing
MovementImpressionism

Ruth Sutherland (1884–1948), was an Australian painter and art critic. She was a founding member of the Twenty Melbourne Painters Society.[1]

Biography[]

Sutherland was born in Adelaide in 1884.[2] She was granddaughter to notable sketcher George Sutherland, who emigrated to Australia from Scotland.[3] She was a pupil of Gwen Barringer in South Australia before coming to Melbourne.[4] She attended the National Gallery of Victoria Art School where she was taught by Lindsay Bernard Hall.[5]

Sutherland wrote articles for the Melbourne newspaper 'The Age' and to the journal 'Art in Australia'[5] about Max Meldrum[6] and Hilda Rix Nicholas.[7]

Sutherland was the niece of the painter Jane Sutherland and the sister of the composer Margaret Sutherland.[8] She was also a cousin of Stella Bowen's.[9] She was a member of the Twenty Melbourne Painters.[1] She had a joint exhibition of oils, watercolours and pastels with fellow artists Dora Wilson and May Roxburgh in 1918.[10] Sutherland had a history with Dora Wilson prior to later established artist societies, exhibiting as part of "The Waddy" in 1909, along with Janet Cumbrae Stewart and Nora Gurdon.[11] She enjoyed doing landscapes, renting a cottage in Lilydale with Bernice Edwell and Florence Rodway to sketch the surrounding country.[12] She also exhibited with the Yarra Sculptors' Society.[13]

She died in 1948.[2] A memorial exhibition of her work referred to her as "a quiet artist in a mode of painting now largely abandoned" and that her works were most sympathetic.[14]

Selected works[]

  • Watercolour paintings by Ruth Sutherland

  • Still life, Private collection

  • Homestead, Private collection

  • The Ruin & Trees, Private collection

  • Girl in a hammock, National Gallery of Victoria

Exhibitions[]

References[]

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  4. ^ "Gwen Barringer's Pupils Exhibition". Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954). 22 May 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Ruth Sutherland (1884-1948) Australia". Australian Art Auction Records. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  6. ^ "No. 3 (1917)". Trove. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Trove". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Ruth Sutherland". Australian Prints + Printmaking. National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Ruth Sutherland b. 1884". Design & Art Australia Online (DAAO). Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  10. ^ "WOMEN SHOW PICTURES". Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954). 29 April 1918. p. 3. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b "EXHIBITION OF PICTURES". Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954). 19 June 1909. p. 31. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  12. ^ "SOCIAL". Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939). 7 February 1918. p. 31. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  13. ^ "YARRA SCULPTORS' SOCIETY EXHIBITION". Punch (Melbourne, Vic. : 1900 - 1918; 1925). 14 September 1911. p. 44. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b "Art show joyous in colour". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 7 March 1950. p. 5. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  15. ^ "FEDERAL ART EXHIBITION". Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929). 7 November 1910. p. 4. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  16. ^ "YARRA SCULPTORS' SOCIETY EXHIBITION". Punch (Melbourne, Vic. : 1900 - 1918; 1925). 14 September 1911. p. 44. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  17. ^ "Artistic Trio. - The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954) - 6 May 1912". Trove. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  18. ^ "GENERAL NEWS". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 3 May 1912. p. 4. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  19. ^ "SKETCH SHOW". Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954). 15 April 1912. p. 6. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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  22. ^ "SCENES FROM BRITISH HISTORY: TABLEAUX BY VICTORIAN ARTISTS' SOCIETY, IN AID OF RED CROSS FUND". Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954). 31 October 1914. p. 28. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  23. ^ "FIRES AT FITZROY". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 17 August 1914. p. 5. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  24. ^ "VICTORIAN ARTISTS ANNUAL EXHIBITION". Punch (Melbourne, Vic. : 1900 - 1918; 1925). 6 May 1915. p. 21. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  25. ^ "VICTORIAN ARTISTS' SOCIETY". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 9 May 1916. p. 8. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  26. ^ "FRENCH WEEK APPEAL FUND". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 19 June 1916. p. 9. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  27. ^ "COASTAL VIEWS". North Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times (Tas. : 1899 - 1919). 19 October 1917. p. 2. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  28. ^ "EXHIBITION OF PICTURES TO AID CHILDREN OF FRANCE". Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954). 31 May 1919. p. 15. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  29. ^ "TWENTY PAINTERS EXHIBIT". Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946). 9 August 1919. p. 37. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  30. ^ "WOMEN PAINTERS' EXHIBITION—GARDEN FETE AT SCOTS COLLEGE". Sydney Mail (NSW : 1912 - 1938). 26 November 1919. p. 14. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  31. ^ "TWENTY MELBOURNE PAINTERS". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 4 August 1920. p. 7. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  32. ^ ""MODERNS" TAKE HONORS IN WOMEN PAINTERS' SHOW". Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954). 14 October 1940. p. 7. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  33. ^ "ART AND WAR". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 22 October 1941. p. 6. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

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