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British | 1819 - 1900

John Ruskin was a British 19th Century artist who was born in 1819. Their work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Museums Sheffield, Millennium Gallery. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Villa Medici have featured John Ruskin's work in the past.John Ruskin's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 12 USD to 466,613 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 466,613 USD for Bellinzona, Switzerland, looking north towards the St. Gotthard pass, sold at Christie's London in 2003. John Ruskin has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Telegraph in June 2025. The artist died in 1900.

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Study of a tortoise

By John Ruskin

Christie's London

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STUDY OF A SHELL ,1892

By John Ruskin

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Apse at the east-end of the Cathedral of San Martino, Lucca, Italy - John Ruskin

Apse at the east-end of the Cathedral of San Martino, Lucca, Italy ,1882

By John Ruskin

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THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BASILICA OF ST MARK'S, FROM THE LOGGIA OF THE DOGE'S PALACE, VENICE

By John Ruskin

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The Grand Canal, Venice ,1883

By John Ruskin

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The Stones of Venice ,1886

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The Grand Canal, Venice ,1883

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Current Exhibitions

The Ruskin Collection: Capturing Colour

Museums Sheffield, Millennium Gallery

Sheffield | UK

21 Dec, 2024 - 30 Nov, 2025

Art Herbarium

Abbot Hall Art Gallery

Kendal | UK

14 Feb, 2025 - 31 Dec, 2025

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Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints: Life at Court

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Upper East Side | New York | USA

01 May, 2018 - 30 Jul, 2018

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The Art Diary November 2025

ArtLyst 04 Nov, 2025

November鈥檚 art diary begins with exhibitions by artists (including Lakwena Maciver, Hannah Rose Thomas, Tuli Mekondjo, and Paul B. Kincaid), about which I鈥檝e written previously or with which I have worked, and venues with similar connections, mainly with a link to spirituality.

London Was the Centre of the Art World. Now It鈥檚 the English Countryside

Telegraph 11 Jun, 2025

The pandemic and sky-high rents have prompted British culture to move away from the nation鈥檚 capital.

Bellmans to Sell Unique Copy of an Incunable from 1481 with Delightful Drawings of Hares

ArtDaily 29 May, 2025

Bellmans is holding its Printed Books & Manuscripts sale on the 16 July with a wide range of lots. The sale includes some rare examples of 15th to 17th Century books and maps.

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鈥� ..While his belief that artists should reflect and record their environment was unwavering, Ruskin鈥檚 view on how to best capture the 鈥榯ruth鈥� of a vista or scene was to go through a radical shift in later... 鈥�
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Museums Sheffield, Millennium Gallery

鈥� ..Members of the group followed Ruskin鈥檚 dictum to record the natural world with strict fidelity, but they also created works that often include a rich political subtext... 鈥�
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National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

鈥� ..Of great beauty and of a very personal nature, these varied drawings celebrate the extraordinary creative heritage Ruskin left to British art.... 鈥�
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National Gallery of Canada

鈥� ..2019 marks the bicentenary of the birth of the great nineteenth-century artist and critic John Ruskin... 鈥�
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Yale Center for British Art

鈥� ..While he had steadfast friends and several outright enemies, Ruskin's relationships with many artists were more complicated than that, often combining a level of support with a great deal of criticism... 鈥�
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The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

John Ruskin

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