Ruth Doggett

Ruth Thornhill Doggett (28 April 1881 – 23 March 1974) was an English artist and a member of the London Group, known for her control of colour and composition in landscapes, still lifes and interiors.

[2][3] While there, she won a bronze medal (the second highest award in that class) at the National Competition of Works of Art held by the Board of Education in South Kensington in 1905.

[14] In two exhibitions in 1922, her work was noted by The Observer art critic P. G. Konody as "excellent",[15] "delightful", "typical of the aims of the London Group; and closely akin to Stanisława de Karłowska's, though a little less deliberate or emphatic in the choice of form and colour".

[17] The Sunday Times art critic Frank Rutter, in reviewing the Royal Society of British Artists 1931 exhibition, wrote "Miss Ruth Doggett's Wiltshire Downs deserve[s] notice among many pleasant landscapes",[18] and in 1933, describing "the appalling dullness" of an exhibition at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Rutter singled out Doggett's Beech Trees as one of the exceptions, "show[ing] a nice sense of colour and intimate handling".

"[21] Rutter, in The Sunday Times, described the works in this exhibition as "mostly of English landscape in high summer, and they have great charm and distinction in their rhythmic but unaffected design, and particularly in their warm but refined colour.

"[8] The regional newspaper Western Morning News reported that there were "some excellent Westcountry paintings"[22] in the exhibition, but thought that "though she is perhaps too wedded to the English tradition her colour is exciting, though not loud, she can design, and she can draw.

"[22] Paintings mentioned by reviewers of the 1934 solo exhibition included Chidcock,[22] in which "the suffused unity ... is a remarkable achievement";[20] Quarr Hill, Chidcock;[22] Gunwalloe, "a very sunny and still picture of great tact and charm",[22] "its glittering lights contrasted with atmospheric shadows proves that this sense of colour-tone unity is a basic virtue of her vision";[20] Village Street, Gunwalloe;[22] The Road to St. Germains,[22] showing "her capacity for bold design";[20] "the floating clouds over Wiltshire Downs Above Ramsbury";[8] "the luminosity of the sunlit Village Street, Tregavarris";[8] Tregavarris – Evening;[22] Downderry;[22] Downderry – Evening;[22] Trewall Farm, Downderry;[22] and "the spacious Essex landscape in the View From Rookwood Hall".

[23] In his Modern Masterpieces (1935), Rutter pictures Doggett’s painting The Window and reports on her solo show of 1934, mentioning that she also exhibited at the New English and the Royal Institute.

Rutter, reviewing the London Group's 34th exhibition in 1936 in The Sunday Times, wrote "the member who appears to have made the most progress this year, whose work stands out prominently ... is Ruth Doggett.