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RUTH HOLLICK

1883-1977

Portrait of Ruth Hollick; possibly taken by Dorothy Izard. The original mage was downloaded from State Library of Victoria's
online collection of Ruth Hollick photographs - and digitally cleaned up.

 

Ruth Miriam Hollick was a prominent professional Australian photographer during the 1920s and 1930s.
She operated successful professional studios in Melbourne in partnership with Dorothy Izard (also a photographer) with a popular profile in society portrait and fashion photography.  During this period Ruth Hollick was successful with photographic and advertising commissions for magazines such as The Home, Table Talk, the Bulletin, The Lone Hand and theĀ AustralianĀ magazine.

 



Essays:

Natural, Artistic and Unselfconscious, essay by Angus Tumble, December 2016

Ruth Hollick and portrait photography between the wars Gael Newton and Karen Jacubec:

published online in Photoria - Australian Women behind the Lens

published as one of Gael's online papers

Gael Newton's entry on Ruth Hollick in Shades of Light (1988)

Gael Newton's entry on Ruth Hollick in Silver and Grey (1980)

Essay in State Library of Victoria News 2004 - 2005, by Olga Tsara Librarian, Pictures Collection

2016 essay by Anne Maxwell for The Australian Women's Register

Entry in Dictionary of Australian Biography

2021 article by James McCardle on photographer Pegg Clarke - friend of Ruth Hollick

see also: Photoria's listing for Dorothy Izard (1882-19710

 

Collections:

State Library of Victoria catalogues: - Picture Catalogue: use the 'search' for lots of Ruth's photographs

National Gallery of Victoria 41 works

National Gallery of Australia: use the 'search - 65 results - 27 with images (the others are text listed only)

Plates: A sample of Ruth Hollick's photography (still to come)

 



 

 

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