Rutland Group or Rutland Arts Group was a New Zealand art association formed by students from the Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland, New Zealand. The group took its name from the location of the original Elam Art School which was on Rutland Street. It is considered to have existed from 1935 through 1958. Members of the group, which changed over time, exhibited yearly. The shows were often covered by the New Zealand art press. In 2002 an exhibit "The Rutland Group Revisited" was presented at the

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in Auckland. In 2004, a history of the group, ''We learnt to see :Elam's Rutland Group 1935–1958; a biographical journey with Auckland artists'' (ISBN:9780908943272) was written by Ian Thwaites and Rie Fletcher.

Artists associated with the Rutland Group

The history of the group "We learnt to see" lists over 100 artists associated with the group. This list is derived from that information, unless otherwise noted. * Bertram Gordon Worth Battensby * Elizabeth Mary Bisley * Catherine Joan Blomfield * Serville Bede Bourdôt * Rosalie Brickman * Helen Brown * William Francis Buckley * Eunice Boyle Cairns * W.J. Capel * Gordon Asher Cassrels * Mary Frances Cebalo *

Bessie Christie Elizabeth Froomes Christie (3 August 1904 – 9 March 1983) was a New Zealand painter. Career Born in Wellington on 3 August 1904, Christie trained at the Elam School of Fine Art at Auckland University College. She taught art at Takapuna Gram ...

* Madge Clayton * Clarice Coppard * Ruth Mary Coyle * J. W. Crippen * Marguerete W. Crookes * Pia De Podesta * Cyril Gerard De Silva * Winifred Percy Dixon * Brian William Donovan * Don Driver * Vera Eleanor Dutton * Nancy Edgar * Winifred A. Edgar * Ernest Edwards * Joan Edwards * Jean Farquhar * Sybil Ferguson * Joy Porter Field * Esme Carter Freedman * A. G. A. Funnell * Briar Gardner * Alex Garmonsway * Charles Gentil * Tui Ffrances Gifford Ward * May Gilbert * Olive Gillon * Thelma De Lancy Green * Rosemary Grice * Cynthia Harper * Jocelyn Harrison-Smith * Isobel Blanche Hazelwood * Louise Helps * Arthur C Hipwell *

Jean Horsley Jean Alice Horsley (15 February 1913 – 21 August 1997) was a New Zealand artist. Her work is held in the permanent collection of the Auckland City Art Gallery. Career Horsley attended the Elam School of Fine Art at the University of Auckl ...

* Esme Carter Hughes * Thelma De Lancy Hulford *

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* A. J. P. Inglis * Zoe Ireland * Margaret Jackson * Mary Elise Johnson * Cyril Ewart Kelsey * John Joseph Kingsford * Ellen Jane Knight * Harold Knight *

Eric Lee-Johnson Eric Albert Lee-Johnson (8 November 1908 – 24 May 1993) was a New Zealand artist and photographer. Biography Lee-Johnson was born in Suva, Fiji and moved to New Zealand in 1912 with his parents. As a child he showed an unusual gift for dr ...

* Winifred Percy Leonard * Valerie Gwen Lewis * Joan Lillicrap * V. Jean Livingston * F. J. Macdonald * Ellen Jane Mcgowan * Vera Eleanor Mcmullen * Dorothy Morton * Trevor Douglas Salter Nichols * Janet Sommerville Payne * Edward William Payton * Walter J. Pearce * Alison Pickmere * Janet Sommerville Pringle * Mary Elise Putwain * Hildegarde E. Read * John Thornley Rhodes * K. B. Robson * Eunice Boyle Rout * Winifred Rowe * Helen Sandall * Christine Smith * Joan Winifred Smith * May Smith *

Olivia Spencer Bower Catherine Olivia Orme Spencer Bower (13 April 1905 – 8 July 1982) was a New Zealand painter. Born in England, she spent her adult life in New Zealand, mostly in Christchurch. Early life Spencer Bower was born in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, ...

Peggy Spicer Mary Margaret Gore Spicer (1908–1984) was a New Zealand artist. Education Spicer was educated at Chilton Saint James School in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, and Diocesan School for Girls, Auckland, Diocesan School for Girls in Auckland. She then ...

* Agnes Hamilton Stanton *

Vida Steinert Vida Isabella Steinert (''née'' Vickers; 24 January 1903 – 27 February 1999) was a New Zealand painter, born in Hamilton, New Zealand. Also known as Vida Isabella Vickers, Vida Isabella Steinert, or Vida Steinhart. Education A graduate of ...

* Ron Stenberg * Marjorie Lillian Stuart * A. D. Swinton * Betty Thompson * Fred Thorpe * Eric Tice-Martin * Louise Tilsley * Ronald Tizard *

Marion Tylee Marion Elizabeth Tylee (25 May 1900 – 27 February 1981)Births Deaths & Marriages Online was a New Zealand artist. Private life Born at Makuri near Pahiatua, New Zealand, she was the daughter of Walter Edward Charles Tylee and his wife Kather ...

* Marjorie Vaughan * Roland Vaughan * Marie D'Arcy Vickerman * Alice Maria Warren * Marjorie Watson * Robert Peter White * Sina Woolcott * Blanche Wormald * F. H Wright * Amy Sybil Gertrude Yorke

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