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: State Library of New South Wales, The sisters, Hugh Ramsay, photograph of the painting taken in July 1940 at the National Art Gallery of New South Wales, digital order no. d1_22737.>] [<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.>]