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1902 North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada - 1984 Nova Scotia, Canada. Known for: Abstract figure and genre painting.
Ruth Wainwright was born in Nova Scotia in 1902. She studied at the Halifax Ladies’ College under Edith Smith. In 1953 she went to New York and studied at Hans Hofmann’s Provincetown school. This... Read full biography
Ruth Wainwright was born in Nova Scotia in 1902. She studied at the Halifax Ladies’ College under Edith Smith. In 1953 she went to New York and studied at Hans Hofmann’s Provincetown school. This experience marked a major turning point in her career; she abandoned the realist tradition of... Read full biography
Ruth Wainwright was born in Nova Scotia in 1902. She studied at the Halifax Ladies’ College under Edith Smith. In 1953 she went to New York and studied at Hans Hofmann’s Provincetown school. This experience marked a major turning point in her career; she abandoned the realist tradition of watercolor painting and she began to explore the two-dimensional nature of the picture plane and to work with form and space by juxtaposing planes of color. Media used. Drawing. Mixed media. Painting.... Read full biography
Ruth Wainwright was born in Nova Scotia in 1902. She studied at the Halifax Ladies’ College under Edith Smith. In 1953 she went to New York and studied at Hans Hofmann’s Provincetown school. This experience marked a major turning point in her career; she abandoned the realist tradition of watercolor painting and she began to explore the two-dimensional nature of the picture plane and to work with form and space by juxtaposing planes of color. Media used. Drawing. Mixed media. Painting. Watercolour. Education. Hans Hofmann's Summer School, Provincetown, 1953 - ?. File & Archive locations. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives. Artexte Information Centre, QC - Documentation... Read full biography
Ruth Wainwright was born in Nova Scotia in 1902. She studied at the Halifax Ladies’ College under Edith Smith. In 1953 she went to New York and studied at Hans Hofmann’s Provincetown school. This experience marked a major turning point in her career; she abandoned the realist tradition of watercolor painting and she began to explore the two-dimensional nature of the picture plane and to work with form and space by juxtaposing planes of color. Media used. Drawing. Mixed media. Painting. Watercolour. Education. Hans Hofmann's Summer School, Provincetown, 1953 - ?. File & Archive locations. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives. Artexte Information Centre, QC - Documentation Centre. Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, ON. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée de... Read full biography
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Ruth Wainwright was born in Nova Scotia in 1902. She studied at the Halifax Ladies’ College under Edith Smith. In 1953 she went to New York and studied at Hans Hofmann’s Provincetown school. This experience marked a major turning point in her career; she abandoned the realist tradition of watercolor painting and she began to explore the two-dimensional nature of the picture plane and to work with form and space by juxtaposing planes of color.
Media used
Drawing
Mixed media
Painting
Watercolour
Education
Hans Hofmann's Summer School, Provincetown, 1953 - ?
File & Archive locations
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
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