Ruth J. Emilie Lowinsky (née Hirsch; 1893–1958) was an English society hostess and

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. Her husband, the surrealist

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, provided illustrations for her first book, ''Lovely Food'' (1931), published by the

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on hand-made paper.

Life

Lowinsky was the daughter of Leopold Hirsch (1867–1932), a London banker and art collector.Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, Lot 37
Catalogue for Sotheby's, London, 3 December 2013 She studied at the

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before giving up painting on her marriage, and setting up home in

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. A friend of

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and

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, she died in January 1958.

Works

* ''Lovely food: a cookery notebook'', London: The Nonesuch Press, 1931. Illustrated with line drawings by Thomas Lowinsky. * ''More lovely food'', London: The Nonesuch Press, 1935 * ''What's cooking? recipes for the keen and thrifty'', London: Secker & Warburg, 1945 * ''Food for pleasure: an anthology of recipes'', London: Hart-Davis, 1950. Dedicated to

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and

. * ''Russian food for pleasure, modern recipes'', London: Hart-Davis, 1953

References

External links

* Ken Hall
Ruth Lowinsky by Eric Gill
15 July 2013 {{DEFAULTSORT:Lowinsky, Ruth 1893 births 1958 deaths English food writers English cookbook writers British women food writers Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art