Ruth Hollingsworth

Ruth Hollingsworth
Odette by Hollingsworth
Born29 August 1880
Clapham, London, England
Died14 March 1945(1945-03-14) (aged 64)
Dedham, Essex, England
NationalityBritish
EducationSlade School of Art
Known forPainting
SpouseRichard Sydney Hellaby (m.1917 - 1945, her death)

Ruth Hollingsworth (29 August 1880 – 14 March 1945) was a British artist known for her landscapes, figure and flower paintings.[1]

Biography

Hollingsworth was born in Clapham in London and was the fourth of five daughters born to Alexander Hollingsworth, a newspaper proprietor, and his wife Charlotte Ellen née Allen.[1] Hollingsworth attended the Slade School of Art and the London School of Art.[2][3] She lived in London and later at Dedham in Essex and painted landscapes in Breconshire and in Italy.[3] Hollingsworth exhibited at the Royal Academy in London, with the New English Art Club, with the Society of Women Artists and elsewhere.[2] In the 1930s she was a regular exhibitor with the Ipswich Art Club.[1] In 1917 she married the artist Richard Sydney Hellaby and sometimes signed her works as Ruth Hellaby.[1] A number of museums in Britain hold examples of her work and the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa includes two of her paintings, including a portrait of a young women, Odette.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Hollingsworth, Ruth". Suffolk Artists. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-106-6.
  3. ^ a b Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
  4. ^ "Ruth Hollingsworth". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 12 February 2019.