Hazel Ruthven Armour
Other names: Mrs John Kennedy
Born 1894
Died 1985
Active: 1914 - 1961
Sculptor, medallist
Studied at Edinburgh College of Art (1918-20) and then in Paris. After her marriage in 1921, she retained studios in both Edinburgh and London, visiting South Africa twice to make studies of native heads.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
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A summer sketch
1914
A veteran
1918
Hagar and Ishmael
1918
Model
1918
Hoti ouk eisi
1919
Mr F. Walker
1919
Medal
1920
Medal
1921
Set of three quick sketches from life
1921
Nairne
1922
Jean
1922
Cast of an original medal for the Skirving Gold medal for Moral Philosophy, Edinburgh University
1923
Collaborated on Equestrian statuette
1924
Il vecchio
1924
Dualita
1925
Gold Coast native
1926
A mood
1927
Designed The Tunnellers' Friends
1927 (Circa)
The Scottish National War Memorial: Bronze panel in Memory of Chaplains
1927
Zeyla
1930
Sukari
1931
East African Head
1931
Zulu Woman
1931
Refugee Poet
1931
Intombi
1932
Mo Ting Yuern
1933
George Von Harten
1934
Miss Betty Scorer
1934
African Warrior
1938
Mutha, Padaung Giraffeneck Woman, Upper Burmah
1938
Marsa
1938
Salle
1939
Mutha Giraffeneck, Paduang woman, Shan States
1940
Sumair
1947
Dame Edith Evans
1949
Leslie Hurry
1949
Plaster Gilt Head
1951
Locations
Address Ashfield Chamberlain Road Edinburgh Scotland | View on map
1914 (Circa) - 1918 (Circa)
p.59
Address 1 Chamberlain Road Edinburgh Scotland | View on map
1920 - 1921
p.60
Address Belsyde Linlithgow Scotland | View on map
1921 - 1926
p.60
Address 28 Moray Place Edinburgh Scotland | View on map
1924 - 1938
p.60
Address 5 Fitzroy Square London W1 England | View on map
1938
p.60
Studio located at Dean Studios Belford Road Edinburgh Scotland | View on map
1923 - 1924
4 Belford Rd
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Eighth, 1914
'A summer sketch'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Sixth, 1922
'Nairne'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-First, 1917
'Study of the old woman'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Second, 1918
'Model'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Third, 1919
'Mr F. Walker'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Fourth, 1920
'Medal'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Fifth, 1921
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Seventh, 1923
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Eighth, 1924
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Ninth, 1925
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundredth - Centenary Exhibition, 1926
'Gold Coast native'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-First, 1927
'A mood'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Fourth, 1930
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Fifth, 1931
'Sukari'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Sixth, 1932
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Seventh, 1933
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Eighth, 1934
'Miss Betty Scorer'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twelfth, 1938
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Thirteenth, 1939
'Salle'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Fourteenth, 1940
'Mutha Giraffeneck, Paduang woman, Shan States'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twenty-First, 1947
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twenty-Third, 1949
Multiple works
Exhibited at Fifty-Seventh Annual Exhibition of the Society of Scottish Artists, 1951
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Fifty-Eighth Annual Exhibition, 1919
'Study of the old woman'
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Seventieth Annual Exhibition, 1931
Multiple works
Exhibited at Palace of Arts Empire Exhibition Scotland, 1938
1938
Personal and Professional Connections
Collaborated with Phyllis Mary Bone
on Scottish National War Memorial
Studied with Phyllis Mary Bone
1918
Descriptions of Practice
Listed as medallist Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume VIII, 1930 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Listed as contemporary sculptor and medallist living in Edinburgh in 1920. Exhibited a medal at the Paris Salon in 1920. See vol. 8, (1930), p. 309.
Sources
Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers
1980
Palace of Arts
Empire Exhibition
Scotland
1938
The Fine Art Section of the Empire Exhibition
1938
Scottish National War Memorial
October 2004
p. 29
Citing this record
'Hazel Ruthven Armour', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib6_1202898760, accessed 22 Sep 2023]