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Latitude
40.8358846
Longitude
14.2487679
Start Date
1870-01-01
End Date
1870-01-01

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ID
tba50f

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DAAO URL
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/dattilo-rubbo
Birth Place
Naples, Italy
Biography
Painter and art teacher, trained in Rome and Naples, taught art in Sydney. As well as holding art classes at the Royal Art Society for 28 years, he held private classes from 1898 to 1941 at his studio in the Australian Chambers building, Rowe Street and was an immensely influential teacher of post-impressionist ideas and techniques, an admirer of Cezanne, Van Gogh, Matisse et al. He often gave his students affectionate nicknames, especially the women in his 'Cours pour Dames’. They included Earl Backen, Janna Bruce ('Brucie’), Margaret Coen ('Gunner’), Roy de Maistre, George Duncan , Dora Jarret ('Sweetheart’), Tempe Manning, Arthur Murch , Alison Rehfisch ('Gorgeous’), Grace Cossington Smith ('Mrs Van Gogh’) and Roland Wakelin . This entry is a stub. You can help DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Staff Writer Date written: 1999 Last updated: 2011
Born
b. 21 June 1870
Summary
Rubbo held art classes at the Royal Art Society for 28 years, and private classes from 1898 to 1941. He often gave his students affectionate nicknames, especially the women in his 'Cours pour Dames'. Amongst these was Grace Cossington Smith, nicknamed 'Mrs Van Gogh'.
Gender
Male
Died
1-Jun-55
Age at death
85