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.
Variations on Six (Blue on Black) by Clifford Ellis, 1953
By Clifford Ellis
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Variations on Six (Blue on Black) by Clifford Ellis, 1953 Additional information: Medium: lithograph 85 x 64.5 cm 33 1/2 x 25 3/8 in Clifford Ellis was born in Bognor Regis, West S...
Lithograph
Clifford Ellis Collage II Abstract watercolour gouache Mid-Century
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of paintings from Clifford and Rosemary Ellis's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller." C...
Mixed Media
$1,855
Clifford Ellis Collage I Abstract watercolour gouache Mid-Century landscape
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of paintings from Clifford and Rosemary Ellis's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller." C...
Mixed Media
Abstract in White Mid-Century Gouache Painting Clifford Ellis Modern British Art
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of paintings from Clifford and Rosemary Ellis's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below ...
Gouache
Clifford Ellis William Pug Dog II pencil sketch Mid Century Modern British Art
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
From a series of paintings by Clifford Ellis. To see them or our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - o...
Carbon Pencil
$545
Clifford Ellis Swallow watercolour Modern British Art Wildlife Bird Migration
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
From a series of paintings by Clifford Ellis. To see them or our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - o...
Watercolor, Carbon Pencil
$1,569
Clifford Ellis Abstract Painting Mid-Century Modern British Art Grey & Black
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of paintings from Clifford and Rosemary Ellis's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below ...
Gouache
'Form' Abstract Mid-Century Gouache Painting Clifford Ellis Modern British Art
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of paintings from Clifford and Rosemary Ellis's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller." C...
Gouache
Clifford Ellis Mid-Century Abstract drawing Modern British Art
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of paintings and drawings from Clifford and Rosemary Ellis's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Selle...
Gouache
Clifford Ellis Deer pencil sketch Modern British Art Wildlife animal
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
From a series of paintings by Clifford Ellis. To see them or our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - o...
Carbon Pencil
Clifford Ellis Red Panda Chico pencil sketch Modern British Art Wildlife animal
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
From a series of paintings by Clifford Ellis. To see them or our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - o...
Carbon Pencil
$614
Clifford Ellis Sheep Charcoal Drawing Modern British Art Mid Century Modern
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
From a series of paintings and drawings by Clifford Ellis and his wife Rosemary. To see them or our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it clic...
Charcoal
Clifford Ellis Broad Chalk Wiltshire sketch Modern British Art New Naturalists
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
From a series of paintings and drawings by Clifford Ellis and his wife Rosemary. To see them or our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it clic...
Carbon Pencil
$614
Clifford Ellis William the Pug pencil sketch Mid Century Modern British Art
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
From a series of paintings by Clifford Ellis. To see them or our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - o...
Carbon Pencil
$2,272
Clifford Ellis Cadbury Castle Gouache Mid Century Modern British Art Painting
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
From a series of paintings by Clifford Ellis. To see them or our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - o...
Watercolor, Carbon Pencil
Clifford Ellis, 'Abstract in Grey II' midcentury gouache painting
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of paintings, photographs and posters from Clifford and Rosemary Ellis's studio. To find more scroll down to "More fro...
Gouache
Clifford Ellis Snow Laden Branch Watercolour Modern British Art 1950s
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
From a series of works we have listed by Clifford Ellis and his wife Rosemary Ellia. To see them or our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it ...
Watercolor, Pen
$614
Clifford Ellis Curlew pencil sketch Mid Century Modern British Art Wildlife
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
From a series of paintings by Clifford Ellis. To see them or our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - o...
Carbon Pencil
Clifford Ellis Curlew II pencil sketch Mid Century Modern British Art Wildlife
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
From a series of paintings by Clifford Ellis. To see them or our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - o...
Carbon Pencil
$675
Clifford Ellis Swallow watercolour Modern British Art Wildlife Bird Migration
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
From a series of paintings by Clifford Ellis. To see them or our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - o...
Carbon Pencil, Watercolor
Clifford Ellis Autumn in Yellow and Brown: mid-century abstract gouache painting
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of paintings from Clifford and Rosemary Ellis's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller." C...
Gouache
$420
H 28 in W 40 in
Blue Abstract Ripples Under Moonlight, Contemporary Cyanotype, Water Reflections
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. "Abstract Ripples Under Moonlight" is a handmade cyanotype print portraying the subtle movements and abstract ripples of t...
Emulsion, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, Monoprint, Monotype
Root
By Rodney Carswell
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph, Ed. 25 The artist describes his work: My work has often been described as belonging to a category of ‘reductive, geometric abstraction’. In the last decade ho...
Lithograph
$2,800
H 38 in W 23 in
Limited Edition Walker Art Center exhibition print, Hand Signed by Frank Stella
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
Frank Stella Frank Stella The Circuit Prints (Hand Signed), 1988 Color offset lithograph poster (hand signed by Frank Stella) Signed and dated 88 in ink by Frank Stella directly unde...
Lithograph, Offset
$1,860
H 8.27 in W 12.21 in
Studies of Goat Heads and Figures, Cairo (c. 1871)
By Egron Sellif Lundgren
Located in Stockholm, SE
Here Lundgren concentrates on individual studies of goats, especially their heads and expressions. In one sketch, a goat faces forward, its distinctive long ears and gentle features ...
Paper, Watercolor
$1,450
H 14.5 in W 19.75 in D 1.5 in
Abstract Watercolor “Stream Cliff Cascade”
By Alexander Nepote
Located in San Francisco, CA
On offer is a mid-century abstract landscape painting by the prominent Northern California modernist painter Alexander Nepote (1913–1986). The piece showcases Nepote’s signature fasc...
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache, Board
$420
H 27.56 in W 39.38 in
Calming Sea Ripples in Blue, Hand Printed Nautical Blueprint, Mediterranean Life
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. "Calming Sea Ripples" is a handmade cyanotype print portraying the subtle movements and abstract ripples of the open sea. ...
Emulsion, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, Monoprint, Monotype
Living on Laight
By Janis Provisor
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph with metal leaf, Edition 30. Provisor returned to Shark’s in August 2002 to produce a new multi-panel lithograph, Living on Laight”. The rich surfaces of these be...
Lithograph
Untitled, 1959/84
By Carlos Cruz-Diez
Located in Miami, FL
Carlos Cruz-Diez (1923-2019) Original silkscreen print, signed and numbered Title: Untitled, 1959/84 From: Exacta. Dal Costruttivismo all'arte sistematica 1918-1985 Media: Silksc...
Lithograph
Second Head First
By John Newman
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph, Edition 15. Newman’s drawings and prints compress the role of drawing and sculpture. He depicts illusionistic spaces and forms that defy physical laws, like Pirane...
Lithograph
Bluish Free Fall
By John Newman
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph, Edition 30. John Newman makes rich, complicated sculpture. He brings materials and techniques used by local artisans from around the world to make concentrated a...
Lithograph
Rusty Curtain Lecture
By John Newman
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph, Edition 30. John Newman makes rich, complicated sculpture. He brings materials and techniques used by local artisans from around the world to make concentrated a...
Lithograph
Early Summer 87/150, Signed Lithograph
By Chu Teh-Chun
Located in Taichung, TW
Early Summer is one of the six prints in Print Series No.4. Print series No.4 embodies Teh-Chun Chu’s signature style of lyrical abstraction. Through rich layers of color and spont...
Paper, Lithograph
Clifford Ellis, Coming of the Ice Age II
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
Watercolour on paper H27 x W35 cm (framed dimensions)
Paint
Clifford Ellis, Coming of the Ice Age I
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
Watercolour and crayon on paper H29 x W37 cm (framed dimensions)
Paint
Clifford Ellis, Coming of the Ice Age IV
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
Watercolour and crayon on paper H35.5 x W48 cm (framed dimensions)
Paint
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H 11.03 in W 7.09 in
Clifford Ellis Sosicles II - theatrical costume design (1934)
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of paintings and posters from Clifford and Rosemary Ellis's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller." Clifford Ellis (1907-1985) Sosicles II (1934) Theatrical costume design...
Watercolor, Pencil
Sold
H 14.97 in W 15.75 in
Clifford Ellis Lion's Head Collage Gouache Modern British Art
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
From a series of paintings by Clifford Ellis. To see them or our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click...
Gouache
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H 5.12 in W 7.49 in
Clifford Ellis Sailing Boats in Blue & Red Mid Century Modern British Art
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
From a series of paintings by Clifford Ellis. To see them or our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller" - o...
Gouache, Pencil
Sold
H 7.49 in W 8.67 in
Clifford Ellis Goat Mid-Century sketch Modern British Art
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of paintings and drawings from Clifford and Rosemary Ellis's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Selle...
Gouache
Sold
H 5.91 in W 7.88 in
Clifford Ellis Great Crested Newt pencil sketch Mid Century Modern British Art
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
From a series of paintings and drawings by Clifford Ellis. To see them or our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from thi...
Carbon Pencil
Sold
H 11.03 in W 7.09 in
Clifford Ellis Sosicles I - theatrical costume design (1934)
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of paintings and posters from Clifford and Rosemary Ellis's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller." Clifford Ellis (1907-1985) Sosicles I (1934) Theatrical costume design Pencil and watercolour 32x18cm Provenance: the family of the artist, by descent. 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. Clifford Ellis studied illustration at the Regent Street Polytechnic, an institution that specialised in ’practical trade classes’, from 1924-27. He went on to design book covers (notably for Collins’ ‘New Naturalist’ series) and posters for London Transport, the General Post Office, Shell-Mex, the Empire Marketing Board and J. Lyons & Co., along with his wife, Rosemary Ellis, whom he married in 1931 while he was teaching at the Polytechnic. The couple’s poster designs combine striking colour with bold typography and depict stylised scenes of the countryside, birds and animals. In the 1930s London Transport commissioned over forty posters a year from well-known artists such as Laura Knight, CRW Nevinson...
Watercolor, Pencil
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H 11.03 in W 7.09 in
Clifford Ellis Kneeling Woman - theatrical costume design (1934)
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of paintings from Clifford and Rosemary Ellis's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller." Clifford Ellis (1907-1985) Kneeling Woman (1934) Theatrical costume design...
Watercolor, Pencil
Sold
H 14.57 in W 22.05 in D 0.04 in
Clifford Ellis Teignmouth UK Beach Scene c1947 watercolour Cat 35
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of paintings and posters from Clifford and Rosemary Ellis's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this ...
Watercolor, Pencil
Sold
H 14.57 in W 22.05 in
Clifford Ellis Teignmouth UK Beach Scene c1947 watercolour
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of paintings and posters from Clifford and Rosemary Ellis's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this ...
Watercolor, Pencil