Hugh Ramsay: Curatorial Introduction

Curator and Head of Australian Art at the National Gallery of Australia, Dr Deborah Hart, introduces us to a young and talented Hugh Ramsay, with beautiful insight.

Hugh Ramsay (1877–1906) was an accomplished Australian artist whose portrait paintings achieved success here and in France before his untimely death at the age of 28. The National Gallery's retrospective Hugh Ramsay, the first to focus on Ramsay in more than a quarter of a century, brings together paintings, drawings, sketchbooks and letters from collections around the country to celebrate his achievements.