Hugh Ramsay b. 25 May 1877

  • Artist (Painter)
Hugh Ramsay was one of the many Australian artists who travelled to Europe to enhance their artistic training, producing a remarkable number of works in Australia and abroad between 1894 and 1906, primarily portraits.
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Name
Hugh Ramsay
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Teacher (ANZSIC code: 8102)
Birth date
25 May 1877
Birth place
Glasgow, Scotland
Death date
5 March 1906
Death place
Melbourne, VIC
Burial place
St Kilda, VIC
Active Period
  • 1894 - 1906
Arrival
  • 1878 (Melbourne, VIC)
Residence
  • 1902 - 1906 Melbourne, VIC
  • 1902 London, England, UK
  • 1900 - 1902 Paris, France
  • 1878 - 1900 Melbourne, VIC
  • 1877 - 1878 Glasgow, Scotland
Training
  • 1901 Atelier Colarossi, Paris, France
  • 1894 - 1899 National Gallery School, Melbourne, VIC
Languages
  • English

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See alsos [<ExternalResource: Patricia Gourlay, “Two portraits re-examined”, _Art and Australia_, 4, no. 3, 1966, pp. 232-33.>, <ExternalResource: Barry Pearce, Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2000.>, <ExternalResource: Bernard William Smith, A catalogue of Australian oil paintings in the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1875-1952, Sydney, 1953.>, <ExternalResource: Anne Gray, The Cambridge companion to Australian Art, 'Australian artists within a wider world 1900-1930', pg. 84-96, Port Melbourne, 2011.>, <ExternalResource: National Portrait Gallery: Hugh Ramsay, 'Letters from Paris' (two minute online video).>, <ExternalResource: Anne Gray, Australian portraits 1880–1960, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2010.>, <ExternalResource: Andrew Sayers AM, 'Velasquez Touch', Portrait, 11, 2004.>, <ExternalResource: Keith Finlay, “Art in Hidden Places”, The Australian Women’s Weekly, Wednesday 12 April 1978, p. 20.>, <ExternalResource: State Library of Victoria, Hugh Ramsay, Australian Art and Artists file.>, <ExternalResource: Albumen silver photograph, c 1888-1910, Group of 5 men and 5 women all unidentified except for Hugh Ramsay, standing on the left, State Library of Victoria, Accession no. H35678.>, <ExternalResource: National Library of Australia, Hugh Ramsay, biographical cuttings files from Australian newspapers and journals.>, <ExternalResource: Arts & Showbiz, “The greatest Australian paintings”, The Canberra Times, Good Weekend, Sunday 8 September 1985, pp. 46-49.>] [<ExternalResource: Patricia Gourlay, “Two portraits re-examined”, _Art and Australia_, 4, no. 3, 1966, pp. 232-33.>, <ExternalResource: Barry Pearce, Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2000.>, <ExternalResource: Bernard William Smith, A catalogue of Australian oil paintings in the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1875-1952, Sydney, 1953.>, <ExternalResource: Anne Gray, The Cambridge companion to Australian Art, 'Australian artists within a wider world 1900-1930', pg. 84-96, Port Melbourne, 2011.>, <ExternalResource: National Portrait Gallery: Hugh Ramsay, 'Letters from Paris' (two minute online video).>, <ExternalResource: Anne Gray, Australian portraits 1880–1960, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2010.>, <ExternalResource: Andrew Sayers AM, 'Velasquez Touch', Portrait, 11, 2004.>, <ExternalResource: Keith Finlay, “Art in Hidden Places”, The Australian Women’s Weekly, Wednesday 12 April 1978, p. 20.>, <ExternalResource: State Library of Victoria, Hugh Ramsay, Australian Art and Artists file.>, <ExternalResource: Albumen silver photograph, c 1888-1910, Group of 5 men and 5 women all unidentified except for Hugh Ramsay, standing on the left, State Library of Victoria, Accession no. H35678.>, <ExternalResource: National Library of Australia, Hugh Ramsay, biographical cuttings files from Australian newspapers and journals.>]