Hugh Ramsay b. 25 May 1877

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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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creator of
The Sisters (Two Girls in White)
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Medium
oil on canvas on hardboard
URL
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/849/

125.7 × 144.8 cm board; 123.7 × 143.8 cm sight; 152.7 × 162.8 × 5.5 cm frame

 
creator of
Portrait of Miss Nellie Patterson
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URL
http://cs.nga.gov.au/Detail-LRG.cfm?IRN=44164&View=LRG
 
creator of
An Equestrian Portrait
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Medium
oil on canvas
URL
http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/2863/

204.6 × 233.6 cm

 
creator of
Madge
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URL
http://cs.nga.gov.au/Detail-LRG.cfm?IRN=9868&View=LRG
 
creator of
Self Portrait
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URL
http://cs.nga.gov.au/Detail-LRG.cfm?IRN=45726&View=LRG
 
creator of
Still life - books, mask and lamp
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Medium
oil on canvas
URL
http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/agsa/home/Collection/detail.jsp?ecatKey=8319

65.2 × 81.2 cm

 
creator of
Rene Puaux
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creator of
A Lady of Cleveland, U.S.A.
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Medium
oil on canvas
URL
http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/agsa/home/Collection/detail.jsp?ecatKey=8310

188.0 × 118.0 cm

 
creator of
The lady in blue (Mr and Mrs J S MacDonald)
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Medium
oil on canvas
URL
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/7317/

172.0 × 112.0 cm stretcher; 171.0 × 110.8 cm sight; 200.0 × 139.8 × 7.0 cm frame

 
creator of
Jeanne
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Medium
oil on canvas
URL
http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/67746/

130.3 × 89.4 cm

 
creator of
A mountain shepherd (An Italian dwarf)
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URL
http://cs.nga.gov.au/Detail-LRG.cfm?IRN=70513&View=LRG
 
creator of
A Student of the Latin Quarter
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Medium
oil on canvas on (composition board)
URL
http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/2869/

111.6 × 96.6 cm

 
creator of
James S. MacDonald
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Medium
oil on canvas
 

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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: 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.>]