Brother and Meredith Rutter
Partners, RUTTER FAMILY ART FOUNDATION

The Rutter Family collection focuses on contemporary art of today starting in 1963 with an emphasis on Washington Color School and a diverse range of contemporary artists. Multi-faceted works from artists such as Sam Gilliam, Kenneth Noland, Gene Davis, Thomas Downing, Paul Reed, Jonas Wood, Jeffrey Gibson, Hank Willis Thomas, Maya Lin, Teresita Fernandez and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye round out the collection of paintings, sculpture, glass and video art.

Meredith Miller Rutter is a native of Asheville, NC and graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1988 with a B.A. in Economics. She moved to New York shortly after graduation where she started her career and cemented her love of contemporary art. Meredith’s work at the time was at Sotheby’s and her evenings and weekends were spent with friends and her soon-to-be husband, C. Arthur “Brother” Rutter III exploring galleries and artists’ work in the midst of a vibrant art scene in Manhattan. After moving to Richmond for a brief time, Meredith and Brother settled in his hometown of Virginia Beach where they raise their two sons, Carter and Austin. A long-time collector of contemporary art, Meredith is very much involved with the arts throughout the Hampton Roads community. In addition to serving as Past-Chairman of the Board at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, she currently serves on the Masterpiece Steering Committee for the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk and the Board of Directors for the Norfolk Society of Arts. Meredith and Brother serve as members of the Contemporary Art Collectors Committee for the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. 

Brother Rutter is a graduate of Harvard University and University of Richmond’s T.C. Williams Law School, where he graduated first in his class. As a managing partner at the Rutter Mills law firm in Norfolk, Virginia, Brother is a high-level litigator with decades of legal experience.  Avocationally, he is extremely active in philanthropic and non-profit organizations, especially those benefitting education and the arts. Brother is a Trustee for the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk and is head of their Exhibitions Committee. He also serves as a member of the Contemporary Art Collectors Committee for the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC with his wife Meredith. Together they founded The Rutter Family Art Foundation in Norfolk to foster their mission of bringing contemporary art to the widest possible audience in this community. They are avid contemporary art collectors with pieces from their private collection on loan at museums around the country.