Clifford Ellis Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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.
Early 20th Century Abstract Clifford Ellis Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Mixed Media
1950s Realist Clifford Ellis Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Carbon Pencil
Mid-20th Century Abstract Clifford Ellis Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Mixed Media
20th Century Modern Clifford Ellis Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil, Watercolor
1930s American Modern Clifford Ellis Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Gouache, Pencil
1980s Abstract Clifford Ellis Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Clifford Ellis Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
2010s Abstract Clifford Ellis Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Emulsion, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, Monoprint, Monotype
1860s Clifford Ellis Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pastel, Pencil
1910s Abstract Clifford Ellis Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Mixed Media
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Clifford Ellis Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Contemporary Clifford Ellis Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Archival Paper, Graphite
1970s Abstract Clifford Ellis Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Clifford Ellis Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media
2010s Naturalistic Clifford Ellis Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Conté, Mixed Media, Pencil, Carbon Pencil, Photogram