Dattilo Rubbo b. 21 June 1870

Also known as Anthony Dattilo Rubbo, Cav Antonio Dattilo Rubbo
  • Artist (Painter)
Rubbo held art classes at the Royal Art Society for 28 years, and private classes from 1898 to 1941. He often gave his students affectionate nicknames, especially the women in his 'Cours pour Dames'. Amongst these was Grace Cossington Smith, nicknamed 'Mrs Van Gogh'.

Citations

  • 'NSW Death Records : 10541/1955’.

  • Power, Rachel (2002), 'Alison Rehfisch : a life for art’, Sydney, NSW : Beagle Books, (p.43).

  • '[Kerr Archive]’, Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia.

  • Oakley, Carmel (1988), 'Rubbo, Antonio Salvatore Dattilo (1870 – 1955)’, Melbourne, Vic : Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, Melbourne University Press, pp 473-474.

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