Ruth Drummond Ainsworth

Ruth Drummond Ainsworth (7 September 1900 - 24 May 2004) was a painter, printmaker, potter, weaver and art teacher. She was inspired by the influences of cubism, surrealism and the modern art movement generally.

Biography Ainsworth was born in Ballina, New South Wales and she grew up in Warrawee on Sydney's upper north shore.

Education In 1921 Ainsworth began a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Sydney, studying English, history, and philosophy. When she returned to Sydney she decided to give up her earlier studies and enrolled, now full-time, at Julian Ashtons.

Influences Ainsworth came into contact with some of the artists who became involved in the modernist movement in Sydney: Grace Crowley (1890–1979), Anne Dangar (1885–1951), Margaret Preston (1875–1963) and Thea Proctor (1879–1966).

Ainsworth was a student of Thea Proctor, who had begun to teach design at the Sydney Art School in 1926.

Artworks

The tightrope walker, 1927. Poppies, 1927. Merry-go-round, 1927. The gypsies, 1927.