Ruby Lindsay (20 March 1885 – 12 March 1919) was an Australian illustrator and painter, sister of

Norman Lindsay Norman Alfred William Lindsay (22 February 1879 – 21 November 1969) was an Australian artist, etcher, sculptor, writer, art critic, novelist, cartoonist and amateur boxer. One of the most prolific and popular Australian artists of his genera ...

and

Percy Lindsay Percival (Percy) Charles Lindsay (17 September 1870 – 21 September 1952) was an Australian landscape painter, illustrator and cartoonist, born in Creswick, Victoria. Percy was the first child born to Jane Lindsay (née Williams) and Dr Rob ...

Biography

Lindsay was born in

Creswick, Victoria Creswick is a town in west-central Victoria, Australia, 18 kilometres north of Ballarat and 122 kilometres northwest of Melbourne, in the Shire of Hepburn. It is 430 metres above sea level. At the 2016 census, Creswick had a populatio ...

, the seventh child and second daughter of Robert and Jane Lindsay, and lived in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

from the age of 16 with her brother Percy while studying at the

National Gallery of Victoria The National Gallery of Victoria, popularly known as the NGV, is an art museum in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is Australia's oldest and most visited art museum. The NGV houses an encyclopedic art collection across two ...

School. Lindsay drew occasionally for '' The Bulletin'' and illustrated William Moore's ''Studio Sketches'' (1906) and designed posters. On 30 September 1909 she married

Will Dyson William Henry Dyson (3 September 1880 – 21 January 1938) was an Australian illustrator and political cartoonist. In 1931 he was regarded as "one of the world's foremost black and white artists", and in 1980, "Australia's greatest cartoonist" ...

. As an illustrator she went by several names; signing her work as "Ruby Lyne", "Ruby Lyn", "Ruby Lind", and once as "Ruby Ramsbottom". In 1909 she went to England with her brother Norman, and

. She married Will in 1910. (Her brother Lionel married Will's sister Jean.) 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 Sophie Irene Loeb (July 4, 1876, Rivne, Volhynia, Russian Empire (now part of Ukraine) – January 18, 1929) was an American journalist and social-Social welfare provision, welfare advocate. Biography She was born Sophie Irene Simon. She was a sc ...

. After

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

she visited relations in Ireland and died during the

Spanish flu pandemic The 1918–1920 influenza pandemic, commonly known by the misnomer Spanish flu or as the Great Influenza epidemic, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus. The earliest documented case was ...

. Lindsay is buried in the same grave as her husband in Hendon Cemetery, London. Her name on the headstone is shown as "Ruby Lind".

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Society of Artists, Sydney poster 1907.png, Society of Artists exhibition poster, 1907 Fan, Ruby Lindsay.jpg, Fan design Princes Risborough, Ruby Lindsay.jpg, ''Princes Risborough'' Mother and child by Ruby Lindsay.jpg, Mother and child sketch

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* Bernard Smith,
Lindsay, Ruby (1885 - 1919)
, ''

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'', Volume 10, MUP, 1986, pp 106–115. Retrieved 2009-09-14 * 1885 births 1919 deaths 20th-century Australian painters 20th-century Australian women artists 19th-century Australian women artists Australian illustrators Australian women illustrators Australian women painters Deaths from the Spanish flu pandemic in England

Ruby A ruby is a pinkish red to blood-red colored gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum ( aluminium oxide). Ruby is one of the most popular traditional jewelry gems and is very durable. Other varieties of gem-quality corundum are called sa ...

Australian people of Irish descent Australian people of English descent Artists from Victoria (Australia) People from Creswick, Victoria National Gallery of Victoria Art School alumni {{Australia-artist-stub

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