#ruby lind

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Ruby Lind (1885-1919) - Ballet Dancer, pencil; unfinished pen drawing

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Ruby Lind - Illustration to an Unpublished Tragedy, pen and ink; Decoration to an Unpublished Tragedy, pen and ink.

Ruby Lindsay (1885-1919) was an illustrator of books and periodicals. She was one of the first Australian women to work in graphic design. At the young age of 16, Ruby left her family home in Creswick, Victoria to live in Melbourne with her artist brother Percy and attend the National Gallery School. She illustrated for books and periodicals and designed posters and advertisements. Ruby felt overshadowed by the success her brothers in visual arts, so she adopted the work name "Ruby Lind" and developed her own distinct style. She married artist Will Dyson in 1909 and traveled with him and her brother Norman to London. Ruby continued to work as an illustrator, even after the birth of her daughter in 1911. Later in her career, she experimented with landscapes in oils. Ruby was visiting family in Belfast Island during the Spanish Flu Pandemic when she caught influenza. Tragically, she died at the age of just 32.

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AT THE FANCY BALL

SHE: “It’s always worth while dancing with you.”

HE: “Honored, I’m sure.”

SHE: “You give your partner such pure delight - when you stop.”

Ruby Lind (1885-1919) - The Bulletin, December 11, 1915

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Ruby Lind (1885-1919) - silk fans

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Ruby Lind - The Box, 1920, pen and ink, The Dance, 1920, pen and ink

Ruby Lindsay (1885-1919) was an illustrator of books and periodicals. She was one of the first Australian women to work in graphic design. At the young age of 16, Ruby left her family home in Creswick, Victoria to live in Melbourne with her artist brother Percy and attend the National Gallery School. She illustrated for books and periodicals and designed posters and advertisements. Ruby felt overshadowed by the success her brothers in visual arts, so she adopted the work name "Ruby Lind" and developed her own distinct style. She married artist Will Dyson in 1909 and traveled with him and her brother Norman to London. Ruby continued to work as an illustrator, even after the birth of her daughter in 1911. Later in her career, she experimented with landscapes in oils. Ruby was visiting family in Belfast Island during the Spanish Flu Pandemic when she caught influenza. Tragically, she died at the age of just 32.

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Ruby Lindsay - Wisdom and Folly, pen drawing

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Ruby Lind (1885-1919) - Fairy Land, Ruby Lindsay, pen and ink

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Ruby Lind (1885-1919) - A Hint of Divorce, pen and ink; The Finish, 1909, ink and wash