| Ruth Hollingsworth | |
| Birth Date: | 29 August 1880 |
| Birth Place: | Clapham, London, England |
| Death Place: | Dedham, Essex, England |
| Nationality: | British |
| Education: | Slade School of Art |
| Known For: | Painting |
| Spouse: | Richard Sydney Hellaby (m.1917 - 1945, her death) |
Ruth Hollingsworth (29 August 1880 – 14 March 1945) was a British artist known for her landscapes, figure and flower paintings.
Hollingsworth was born in Clapham in London and was the fourth of five daughters born to Alexander Hollingsworth, a newspaper proprietor, and his wife Charlotte Ellen née Allen.[1] Hollingsworth attended the Slade School of Art and the London School of Art.[2] [3] She lived in London and later at Dedham in Essex and painted landscapes in Breconshire and in Italy.[3] Hollingsworth exhibited at the Royal Academy in London, with the New English Art Club, with the Society of Women Artists and elsewhere.[2] In the 1930s she was a regular exhibitor with the Ipswich Art Club.[1] In 1917 she married the artist Richard Sydney Hellaby and sometimes signed her works as Ruth Hellaby.[1] A number of museums in Britain hold examples of her work and the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa includes two of her paintings, including a portrait of a young women, Odette.[4]