Ruby Lindsay

Ruby Lindsay (20 March 1885 – 12 March 1919)^[1] was an Australian illustrator and painter, sister of Norman Lindsay and Percy Lindsay.

Ruby Lindsay
Born	(1885-03-20)20 March 1885 Creswick, Victoria, Australia
Died	12 March 1919(1919-03-12) (aged 33) London, United Kingdom
Known for	Illustration, Painting
Spouse	Will Dyson
Awards	First Prize for Best Poster at Australian Exhibition of Women's Work

Biography

Lindsay was born in Creswick, Victoria,^[1] the seventh child and second daughter of Robert and Jane Lindsay, and lived in Melbourne from the age of 16 with her brother Percy while studying at the National Gallery of Victoria School.

Lindsay drew occasionally for The Bulletin and illustrated William Moore's Studio Sketches (1906) and designed posters.

As an illustrator she went by several names; signing her work as "Ruby Lyne", "Ruby Lyn", "Ruby Lind", and once as "Ruby Ramsbottom".^[2] She was described by art critic Haldane MacFall as "the most remarkable woman in the pen-line now living" in his History of Painting.^[3]

On 30 September 1909 she married Will Dyson and then left for England with him and her brother Norman Lindsay.^[4] Her brother Lionel had earlier married Will's sister Jean.^[5] Ruby and Will had one daughter, Betty (1911–1956).

In 1912, she contributed illustrations to the book Epigrams of Eve by child welfare advocate and journalist Sophie Irene Loeb. After World War I she visited relations in Ireland and died during the Spanish flu pandemic. Lindsay is buried in the same grave as her husband in Hendon Cemetery, London. Her name on the headstone is shown as "Ruby Lind".

Gallery

• 
  Society of Artists exhibition poster, 1907
• 
  Fan design
• 
  Princes Risborough
• 
  Mother and child sketch

Books

• The Drawings of Ruby Lind (Mrs Will Dyson)
• Naughty Sophia by Winifred Letts, illustrated by Ruby Lind
• Epigrams of Eve by Sophie Irene Loeb, illustrated by Ruby Lind
• What Eve said by Sophie Irene Loeb, illustrated by Ruby Lind
• Fables of everyday folk by Sophie Irene Loeb, illustrated by Ruby Lind
• The cynic's autograph book. no. 2 by Celt, illustrated by Ruby Lind
• Hello, Soldier!: Khaki Verse by Edward Dyson, illustrations by Will Dyson, Ruby Lind and George Dancey
• At the "Labour in Vain" : being the reflections and recollections of an idle man by Harold Hansell, illustrated by Ruby Lindsay

See also

• 1916 Pioneer Exhibition Game

References

1. Smith, Bernard. "Ruby Lindsay (1885–1919)". Lindsay, Ruby (1885–1919). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 28 September 2017. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
2. Connory, Jane (16 January 2019). "Hidden women of history: Ruby Lindsay, one of Australia's first female graphic designers". The Conversation. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
3. Fitz Henry, W. E. (14 December 1955). "A Galaxy of Characters: Stories of the "Bulletin"". The Bulletin. John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues). 76 (Christmas Number 3957). Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald. ISSN 0007-4039. nla.obj-675656446. Retrieved 27 April 2023 – via Trove.
4. "Artistic Families". The Herald. No. 10, 592. Victoria, Australia. 1 October 1909. p. 1. Retrieved 27 April 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "Artistic Families". Herald. 1 October 1909. p. 1. Retrieved 19 January 2019.

External links

• Bernard Smith, 'Lindsay, Ruby (1885 - 1919)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, MUP, 1986, pp 106–115. Retrieved 2009-09-14
• Serle, Percival (1949). "Dyson, William Henry". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson.