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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Citations

  • 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).

  • Crombie, Isobel (1993), 'In a New Light: Aspects of Australian Pictorialist Photography’, National Gallery of Victoria catalogue, Melbourne, Vic.

  • 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).

  • Hall, Barbara & Mather, Jenni (1986), 'Australian Women Photographers 1840-1960’, Richmond, Vic.

  • Maddigan, Judy (1993), 'Ruth Hollick’, Essendon Historical Society exhibition catalogue, Moonee Ponds, Vic.

  • 'Newton, Gael 'Shades of Light: Photography and Australia 1839-1988’, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, NSW 1980 p. 132’.

  • 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.

    https://photo-web.com.au/AustPictorial/catalogue.htm

  • Ruth Hollick ( ed james Mcardle 2025)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Hollick

  • Newton, Gael, Silver & Grey;Fifty Years of Australian Photography 1900-1950, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1980

    https://www.photo-web.com.au/Silver&Grey/default.htm

See also

  • 'Section 11, plate 477'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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