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Clifford EllisClifford Ellis Collage II Abstract watercolour gouache Mid-Centuryc. 1955
c. 1955
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Clifford Ellis (1907-1985)
Landscape Collage II
Collage
16x37cm
Provenance: the family of the artist, by descent.
In hand-finished frame with AR art glass.
This collage incorporates a scrap of a magazine referring to the use of reinforced concrete in the building of Britain's brave new motorways. The greens and browns of the landscape have a motorway bridge, making reference to the impact on the countryside of these new roads. Unlike today's busy roads, the motorway has no traffic on it. Britain's first motorway opened in 1958 - the Preston bypass in Lancashire.
During his time at Bath, Ellis employed many of the leading artists of the time to teach a day or two here and there. This collage has clear suggestions of influence from Peter Lanyon. A clear landscape, the collaged new M1 motorway (freeway) bridge tearing out the heart of the countryside.
Born in Bognor in Sussex and trained at St Martin’s School of Art and Regent Street Polytechnic, Ellis was a graphic artist and illustrator who is best known for the posters he produced for London Transport during the 1930s. He generally collaborated with his wife Rosemary – whom he married in 1931 – on their posters. The General Post Office, Shell, and The Empire Marketing Board were also clients for their posters. They signed their posters C&RE, their initials being in alphabetical order and they are readily recognisable by their ebullient use of colour and form.
Employed during the war as a camoufleur, along with so many other artists, Clifford was also an official war artist, serving with the Grenadier Guards. Rosemary, meanwhile, was an artist for the Recording Britain project.
Following the war they trained art teachers at Bath Academy of Art. They also designed a series of nearly one hundred book jackets for Collins New Naturalist series, published between 1945 and 1982.
Running an art college, Ellis did not want to train artists who then ended up as teachers because they could not find work as artists. Instead he sought to train them as art teachers which gave them an alternative if they failed to make it as artists. Bath was staffed with artists who are household names today. Upon the outbreak of war, William Scott returned to England from France and sought employment from Ellis, being given a part-time job. After serving in the Royal Engineers he returned to the staff in 1946.
Kenneth Armitage, (who ended the war as a Major having specialised in recognition of tanks, aircraft and other machines of war - which he regarded as fitting neatly with his interest in sculpture) took on teaching sculpture from 1946 - William Turnbull standing in for him whilst he taught for a few months. Early in the 1950s, Scott suggested Peter Lanyon, Bryan Wynter and Terry Frost be approached to teach and Ellis gave them part-time roles, two or three days per week, or six-week blocks of teaching. Amongst other household names feature Robyn Denny, Gillian Ayres, and Adrian Heath.
The influences of some of these artists may be seen in the abstract paintings, although a common thread - Ellis's hand - ties the works together, some of Scott may perhaps be seen in the spotty works and Lanyon perhaps in the Collages. The Sailing Boats are interesting, as - turned on their side - they look very much like a Terry Frost 'Walk Along A Quay' yet the sketches make it quite clear which way round they were to be. Meanwhile the landscape works with clearly defined patchworks are strangely reminiscent of Adrian Heath's works of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
- Creator:Clifford Ellis (1907 - 1985, British)
- Creation Year:c. 1955
- Dimensions:Height: 5.12 in (13 cm)Width: 22.05 in (56 cm)
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- Condition:In a hand-finished wooden frame.
- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU79534264592
Clifford Ellis
Clifford Ellis was born in Bognor in Sussex and trained at Saint Martin’s School of Art and Regent Street Polytechnic. He was a graphic artist and illustrator who is best known for the posters he produced for London Transport during the 1930s. Ellis generally collaborated on posters with his wife, Rosemary, whom he married in 1931. The General Post Office, Shell and the Empire Marketing Board were also clients for the couple's posters. They signed their posters C&RE, their initials being in alphabetical order, and they are readily recognizable by their ebullient use of color and form.
Employed during the war as a camoufleur, along with so many other artists, Ellis was also an official war artist, serving with the Grenadier Guards. Rosemary, meanwhile, was an artist for the Recording Britain project. Following the war, they trained art teachers at the Bath Academy of Art. They also designed a series of nearly 100 book jackets for the New Naturalist series, published by Collins between 1945–82, and were always fascinated by animals and natural history.
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