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Albert Rutherston BIOGRAPHY
1881 Yorkshire, England - 1953 Switzerland. Known for: Figure painting, decorative watercolors, teaching, costume design.
Albert Rutherston was a member of the talented, artistic Rothenstein family, but he anglicised his surname in 1916 during the First World War as a declaration of patriotism for the country of his... Read full biography
Albert Rutherston was a member of the talented, artistic Rothenstein family, but he anglicised his surname in 1916 during the First World War as a declaration of patriotism for the country of his birth. Born on 5 December 1881, he was the youngest of the six children of Moritz and Bertha... Read full biography
Albert Rutherston was a member of the talented, artistic Rothenstein family, but he anglicised his surname in 1916 during the First World War as a declaration of patriotism for the country of his birth. Born on 5 December 1881, he was the youngest of the six children of Moritz and Bertha Rothenstein, German-Jewish immigrants who had settled in Bradford in Yorkshire in the 1860s. In 1898, aged only sixteen, Rutherston moved to London to study at the Slade School of Fine Art*, following in the... Read full biography
Albert Rutherston was a member of the talented, artistic Rothenstein family, but he anglicised his surname in 1916 during the First World War as a declaration of patriotism for the country of his birth. Born on 5 December 1881, he was the youngest of the six children of Moritz and Bertha Rothenstein, German-Jewish immigrants who had settled in Bradford in Yorkshire in the 1860s. In 1898, aged only sixteen, Rutherston moved to London to study at the Slade School of Fine Art*, following in the footsteps of his elder brother. Rutherston's time at the Slade brought him into contact with a number of the most talented artists of the day, including Ambrose McEvoy, Spencer Gore, Harold Gilman and Wyndham Lewis. His particular friends during this... Read full biography
Albert Rutherston was a member of the talented, artistic Rothenstein family, but he anglicised his surname in 1916 during the First World War as a declaration of patriotism for the country of his birth. Born on 5 December 1881, he was the youngest of the six children of Moritz and Bertha Rothenstein, German-Jewish immigrants who had settled in Bradford in Yorkshire in the 1860s. In 1898, aged only sixteen, Rutherston moved to London to study at the Slade School of Fine Art*, following in the footsteps of his elder brother. Rutherston's time at the Slade brought him into contact with a number of the most talented artists of the day, including Ambrose McEvoy, Spencer Gore, Harold Gilman and Wyndham Lewis. His particular friends during this period, however, were the slightly senior and extremely gifted artists Augustus John and William Orpen. The trio became known as the 'Three Musk... Read full biography
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Albert Rutherston was a member of the talented, artistic Rothenstein family, but he anglicised his surname in 1916 during the First World War as a declaration of patriotism for the country of his birth. Born on 5 December 1881, he was the youngest of the six children of Moritz and Bertha Rothenstein, German-Jewish immigrants who had settled in Bradford in Yorkshire in the 1860s.
In 1898, aged only sixteen, Rutherston moved to London to study at the Slade School of Fine Art*, following in the footsteps of his elder brother. Rutherston's time at the Slade brought him into contact with a number of the most talented artists of the day, including Ambrose McEvoy, Spencer Gore, Harold Gilman and Wyndham Lewis. His particular friends during...But wait, there's more...
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