Ruth Drummond Ainsworth b. 1900

  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer),
  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
A painter, printmaker, potter, weaver and art teacher. Ainsworth travelled to Europe in the 1920s where she was inspired by the influences of cubism, surrealism and the modern art movement generally. Upon returning to Australia she became a committed and passionate art teacher, developing her weaving and pottery skills. Her teaching in these areas later formed the basis of the Sturt Craft Workshop
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associate of
Henry Gibbons
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist
child of
William Benson Ainsworth
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child of
née Drummond Elizabeth Ainsworth
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sibling of
Fay Ainsworth
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relative of
Lute Drummond
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associate of
Rudolph Steiner
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associate of
Bernard Leach
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associate of
Anne Dangar
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associate of
Alice Crowther
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associate of
Julian Ashton
Artist
associate of
Antonia Blaxland
1900
Artist (Photographer)
associate of
Nancy Adrah Hall
1900
Artist, Artist (Painter)
associate of
Heliodore Hawthorne
1900
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Isabel Huntley
1900
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Ysobel R. Irvine
1900
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter), Artist (Printmaker)
associate of
Thea Proctor
1900
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter), Designer (Graphic Designer)
associate of
Florence Taylor
1900
Artist (Printmaker)

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