Ruth Salter Wainwright
Ruth Salter Wainwright (1902–1984), was a Canadian painter known for her pioneering of the Maritime Modernist movement.[1]
Ruth Salter Wainwright | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1902 Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Died | 1984 (aged 81–82) Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | Halifax Ladies' College, Halifax Conservatory of Music, Hans Hofmann School of Fine Art, Summer Sessions |
| Known for | Painting, Music |
| Movement | Maritime Modernist |
Biography
Ruth Salter Wainwright was born in 1902 in Nova Scotia.[2] From 1917 to 1921 she studied at the Halifax Ladies' College where she received her teaching certificate. Lewis and Edith Smith were among her teachers.[1] She also studied with the British artists Elizabeth Styring Nutt and Stanley Royle who had emigrated to the Maritimes.[3]
As well as her interest in the visual arts, Wainwright pursued her interest in music, graduating from the Halifax Conservatory of Music in 1924.[1]
In the 1940s, she exhibited her work with the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour and the Nova Scotia Society of Artists. During the same period she played harp with a CBC Radio orchestra located in Halifax.[1]
Wainwright furthered her art career by attending the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Art, Summer Sessions in Provincetown, Massachusetts. She attended in the summer of 1953 and 1955.[1] From this experience Wainwright moved away from realism and towards a style related to Abstract Expressionism.[2][3]
She continued exhibiting into the 1960s.[1]
Wainwright died in 1984 in Nova Scotia.[2]
References
- "Ruth Salter-Wainwright". Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- "Wainwright, Ruth Salter". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- "Ruth Wainwright (Canadian 1902-1984)". Westbridge Fine Art. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
