Ruth Hollick b. 17 March 1883

Also known as Ruth Miriam Hollick
  • Artist (Photographer)
Photographer, during the early 1920s established her reputation as one of Melbourne's leading photographic portraitists. She became renowned for her child photography.
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Name
Ruth Hollick
Also known as Ruth Miriam Hollick
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Birth date
17 March 1883
Birth place
Williamstown, Melbourne, Vic.
Death date
1977
Active Period
  • 1950 - 1977
  • c.1920 - c.1939
  • c.1918 - c.1932
  • 1932 - 1950
  • 1908 - 1909
  • 1908 - 1950
Residence
  • 1883 - 1977 Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, Vic.
Training
  • 1902 - 1906 National Gallery School, Melbourne, Vic.
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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References [<ExternalResource: Ennis, H. (2000), 'Mirror with a Memory', National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT, Includes a wonderful gelatin silver photograph of young society women posed in a tableau, possibly of 'Spring' c.1925-35 (La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic).>, <ExternalResource: Crombie, Isobel (1993), 'In a New Light: Aspects of Australian Pictorialist Photography', National Gallery of Victoria catalogue, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Ennis, H. (2000), 'Mirror with a Memory', National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT, Includes a wonderful gelatin silver photograph of young society women posed in a tableau, possibly of 'Spring' c.1925-35 (La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic).>, <ExternalResource: Hall, Barbara & Mather, Jenni (1986), 'Australian Women Photographers 1840-1960', Richmond, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Maddigan, Judy (1993), 'Ruth Hollick', Essendon Historical Society exhibition catalogue, Moonee Ponds, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: 'Newton, Gael 'Shades of Light: Photography and Australia 1839-1988', Angus & Robertson, Sydney, NSW 1980 p. 132'.>, <ExternalResource: Australian Pictorial Photography by the Art Gallery of NSW - at S. H. Ervin, Sydney June-July 1979 and Victorian College of the Arts, August 1979.>, <ExternalResource: Ruth Hollick ( ed james Mcardle 2025)>, <ExternalResource: Newton, Gael, Silver & Grey;Fifty Years of Australian Photography 1900-1950, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1980>] [<ExternalResource: Ennis, H. (2000), 'Mirror with a Memory', National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT, Includes a wonderful gelatin silver photograph of young society women posed in a tableau, possibly of 'Spring' c.1925-35 (La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic).>, <ExternalResource: Crombie, Isobel (1993), 'In a New Light: Aspects of Australian Pictorialist Photography', National Gallery of Victoria catalogue, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Ennis, H. (2000), 'Mirror with a Memory', National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT, Includes a wonderful gelatin silver photograph of young society women posed in a tableau, possibly of 'Spring' c.1925-35 (La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic).>, <ExternalResource: Hall, Barbara & Mather, Jenni (1986), 'Australian Women Photographers 1840-1960', Richmond, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Maddigan, Judy (1993), 'Ruth Hollick', Essendon Historical Society exhibition catalogue, Moonee Ponds, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: 'Newton, Gael 'Shades of Light: Photography and Australia 1839-1988', Angus & Robertson, Sydney, NSW 1980 p. 132'.>, <ExternalResource: Australian Pictorial Photography by the Art Gallery of NSW - at S. H. Ervin, Sydney June-July 1979 and Victorian College of the Arts, August 1979.>, <ExternalResource: Maxwell, Anne, Hollick, Ruth (1883 – 1977) Womens Art Register>, <ExternalResource: Ruth Hollick ( ed james Mcardle 2025)>]