Ruth Sutherland

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

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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  6. "No. 3 (1917)". Trove. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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  12. "SOCIAL". Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939). 7 February 1918. p. 31. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
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  27. "COASTAL VIEWS". North Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times (Tas. : 1899 - 1919). 19 October 1917. p. 2. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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  30. "WOMEN PAINTERS' EXHIBITION—GARDEN FETE AT SCOTS COLLEGE". Sydney Mail (NSW : 1912 - 1938). 26 November 1919. p. 14. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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