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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Courtesy of: Benalla Art Gallery
creator of
Farm road, Barnawatha
Medium
oil on cardboard
URL
http://benallaartgallery.com/workbyartist/ramsay-hugh/painting/farm-road-barnawatha/823

10.0 × 14.0 cm

 
Courtesy of: The Geelong College
creator of
Study of a Boy
URL
http://gnet.geelongcollege.vic.edu.au:8080/gallery/default.aspx?moid=4166
 
creator of
Head of a boy
Medium
charcoal
 
creator of
Portrait study
Medium
charcoal
 
creator of
Untitled (Study of a boy)
Medium
oil on canvas
 
creator of
Head of a woman
Medium
pencil
 
creator of
Untitled (Nude figure in a chair)
Medium
oil on composition board
 
creator of
(Nude study – young girl seated full-length)
Medium
oil on canvas laid on board

86.5 × 66 cm

 
creator of
(Girl with red hair)
Medium
oil on canvas

61 × 51 cm

 
creator of
(Nude study - female model, half-draped, front view with arms on boxes)
Medium
oil on canvas

81.5 × 101 cm

 
creator of
Self-portrait (half-length)
Medium
oil on canvas on plywood

66 × 45.6 cm

 
creator of
(Portrait of an old man)
Medium
charcoal on cardboard

57 × 44.1 cm

 
creator of
(Sketch of Voltaire)
Medium
charcoal on paper

62.2 × 48.2 cm

 
creator of
(Standing female nude)
Medium
crayon on paper

93.2 × 53.6 cm

 
creator of
(Seated female nude – full-length, side view)
Medium
charcoal on paper

72 × 56.2 cm

 
creator of
(Reclining female nude)
Medium
charcoal on paper

56.6 × 77.9 cm

 
creator of
(Standing youth nude)
Medium
crayon on paper

95.2 × 59.6 cm

 
creator of
(Seated female nude with arms raised)
Medium
charcoal on paper

58.3 × 39.8 cm

 
creator of
(Standing male nude, full-length, back view with staff)
Medium
charcoal on paper

62.5 × 47.9 cm

 
creator of
(Female model reclining)
Medium
charcoal on paper

48.9 × 62 cm

 
creator of
(Standing female nude)
Medium
charcoal on paper

74.7 × 55.8 cm

 
creator of
(Standing male model)
Medium
charcoal on paper

62.5 × 48.2 cm

 
creator of
(Seated female nude)
Medium
charcoal on paper

61.6 × 48 cm

 
creator of
(Reclining male nude)
Medium
crayon on paper

47.5 × 61.9 cm

 
creator of
(Standing male nude)
Medium
charcoal on paper

62 × 47.8 cm

 

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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: National Portrait Gallery Research Library, Canberra, Hugh Ramsay, Artist file.>, <ExternalResource: George Carlyle, 2010-2011, Hugh Ramsay >] [<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: National Portrait Gallery Research Library, Canberra, Hugh Ramsay, Artist file.>]