Ruth Collet

Ruth Collet
Born
Ruth Isabelle Salaman

1909 (1909)
Barley, Hertfordshire, England
Died2001 (aged 91–92)
Known forPainting
SpouseRobert Collet

Ruth Isabelle Collet née Salaman (1909 – 2001) was a British painter, printmaker and illustrator.

Biography

Collet was born in Barley in Hertfordshire into a talented family of artists and scientists.[1] Her father was the botanist Redcliffe N. Salaman and her mother was the Hebrew scholar Nina Ruth Davis. After Bedales School Collet studied at the Slade School of Art in London from 1927 to 1930 and then trained in etching with S W Hayter in Paris between 1932 and 1935.[2][3] She returned to London where she studied with Marian Kratochwil and Kathleen Browne and was associated for a time with the East London Group.[1] Collet exhibited at the Royal Academy, with the New English Art Club and the London Group and the Women's International Art Club.[4][2] Works by her were shown at the Leicester Galleries and at Gainsborough's House in Sudbury while she had a solo exhibition at the Annexe Gallery in London during 1982.[2][1] Other solo shows were held at the Sue Rankin Gallery in 1987, at the Sternberg Centre for Judaism and at the Moss Gallery in 1991. The Ben Uri Gallery acquired a number of works by Collet in 1987.[1][3]

Colet used her etching and printmaking skills to produce a large number of illustrations for the Westminster Synagogue in central London and also to illustrate a number of dust jackets for books.[1] She was married to the musician and music historian Robert Collet and for many years the couple lived at Northwood near London. A memorial exhibition of her work was held in 2003 at the Broughton House Gallery in Cambridge.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
  2. ^ a b c Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-106-6.
  3. ^ a b W.M Schwab, ed. (1987). Jewish Artists The Ben Uri Collection. Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd / Ben Uri Art Society. ISBN 0-85331-537-X.
  4. ^ Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.

Further reading

  • Obituary; Ruth Collet by Marion Glastonbury, published in The Independent, 28 June 2001