Painter, book illustrator and poster designer born in Bradford, Yorkshire the younger brother of William Rothenstein. He studied at Slade School, 1898-1902 and from 1901 he began exhibiting with the NEAC, becoming a member in 1905. In 1910, he held his first solo exhibition at the Carfax Gallery, London and with his brother William was an early member of the short-lived Fitzroy Street Group, a forerunner of the Camden Town Group. In 1911 he was asked to paint a mural by his friend Roger Fry for the Borough Polytechnic. In 1914, Albert changed his name to Rutherston, to avoid anti-German feeling and during WWI he served in Palestine, 1916-19. During the mid-1920's he was a member of the Art Workers' Guild.

Rutherston was appointed Ruskin Master of Drawing at Ruskin School of Drawing, Oxford, a position he held from 1929-48. He was elected an Associate of the RWS in 1934 and RWS in 1942 and was also a regular exhibitor at the Cheltenham Group. A less weighty figure than his brother, his charm as a painter lies precisely in its light decorative manner. He was especially adept at designs for fans and also designed bookplates for Curwen Press. Examples of his work are in the collections of the Ben Uri Gallery, Tate Gallery, V&A, BM, Ashmolean, Oxford, Manchester City Art Gallery and Brighton & Hove Art Gallery.

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^{Biography from Liss Llewellyn}