Ruth Simpson

Place: Newcastle

Born: 1889

Death: 1964

Biography:

Ruth Simpson (née Alison, 1889 – 1964) was a British artist who was an active member of the Newlyn School of artists and the Lamorna artists colony. Simpson was born in Newcastle, the daughter of Alister and Ada Alison. She studied art under Elizabeth and Stanhope Forbes at their school, the Forbes School of Painting, in Newlyn during 1911 and 1912...