Ruth Stage

{{short description|British artist}}

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Ruth Stage is a British artist who uses the ancient egg tempera painting technique in her work, and is known for her landscapes. Born in Hartlepool, Stage studied at the Royal Academy Schools,{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21499549 |work=BBC News |title=Egg artist wins £15,000 art prize |date=18 February 2013 |access-date=17 January 2014}} graduating in 1995. In 1999 she was elected to the New English Art Club.

On 18 February 2013 she won the £15,000 Lynn Painter-Stainers art prize for her work The Isabella Plantation, with a presentation at the Mall Galleries, London.{{cite news|author=Daisy Wyatt |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/ruth-stage-wins-lynn-painterstainers-prize-for-figurative-art-8500739.html |work=The Independent |title=Ruth Stage wins Lynn Painter-Stainers prize for figurative art |date=19 February 2013 |access-date=17 January 2014}}

Her painting Champagne Pools, Queensland is in the Imperial College Healthcare Charity Art Collection,{{cite web|title=Champagne Pools, Queensland |work=Art UK |url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/champagne-pools-queensland-219410 |access-date=17 January 2014}} while her tempera painting London to Leeds is owned by Durham University.{{cite web|title=London to Leeds |work=Art UK |url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/london-to-leeds-45893 |access-date=17 January 2014}} she attended blakeston comprehensive in Stockton on Tees, and grew up in the same road as former Manchester United and England defender Gary pallister.