Clifford Ellis Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
British, 1907-1985
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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Artist: Clifford Ellis
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 ...
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1950s Modern Clifford Ellis Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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