Ruth Sutherland
Australian painter and art critic
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Ruth Sutherland (1884–1948), was an Australian painter and art critic. She was a founding member of the Twenty Melbourne Painters Society.[1]
Ruth Sutherland | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1884 Adelaide, Australia |
| Died | 1948 (aged 63–64) |
| Known for | Painting, Writing |
| Movement | Impressionism |
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 Norah 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
- 1909, "The Waddy" society of artists, Guild Hall[11]
- 1909, Federal Art Exhibition, North terrace[15]
- 1911, Yarra Sculptors Society, Athenaeum Hall[16]
- 1912, "The Waddy" society (with Dora Taylor and Janet Cumbrae Stewart), Tuckett and Styles' Gallery[17]
- 1912, Group exhibition (with Dora Wilson and Nora Gurdon), Tuckett and Styles' Gallery[18]
- 1912 Victorian Artists Society autumn exhibition, Albert Street galleries[19]
- 1913, Group exhibition, Athenaeum Hall[20]
- 1914, Australian Art Association, Athenaeum Hall[21]
- 1914, British History Tableaux (in aid of Red Cross), Victorian Artists Society[22]
- 1914, Twelve Melbourne Painters Society second exhibition, Athenaeum Hall[23]
- 1915, Victorian Artists Society twentieth annual exhibition[24]
- 1916, Victorian Artists Society annual exhibition[25]
- 1916, French Week appeal exhibition, Town Hall[26]
- 1917, Australian Art Association fifth annual exhibition[27]
- 1918, Group exhibition (with Dora Wilson and May Roxburgh), Fine Art Society
- 1919, French aid exhibition, Fine Art Galleries[28]
- 1919, Twenty Melbourne Painters Society, Athenaeum Gallery[29]
- 1919, Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors annual exhibition, Victoria Markets[30]
- 1920, Twenty Melbourne Painters Society, Athenaeum Hall[31]
- 1940, Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors annual exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery[32]
- 1941, Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors annual exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery[33]
- 1950, Memorial exhibition for Ruth Sutherland, Melbourne Book Club Gallery[14]