| Administrative History | Albert Rutherston was born in 1881, the son of Moritz Rothenstein, a German businessman who emigrated to England, and the brother of the artist Sir William Rothenstein. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School and at the Slade School of Art (1898-1902), where he held a Slade Scholarship. He exhibited with the New English Art Club from 1900 and held his first one-man exhibition at the Carfax Gallery in London in 1910. Rutherston served in Egypt and Palestine during the First World War and anglicized his surname in 1916. From 1929 to 1949 he was Ruskin Master of Drawing at Oxford. He was known for his decorative work and as an illustrator. He edited the series `Contemporary British Artists' (1923-27). His publications include `Decoration in the Art of the Theatre' (1919) and `Sixteen Designs for the Theatre' (1928). Albert Rutherston died in 1953. |