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1892 Halifax, England - 1961 Lower Hutt, New Zealand. Known for: Stained glass, etchings, lithographs, sculpture, and paintings in oil and watercolour.
. Frederick Vincent Ellis (Halifax, England, 5 February 1892 – Lower Hutt, New Zealand, 8 November 1961) was a British-born New Zealand artist, educator, and stained glass designer whose work... Read full biography
. Frederick Vincent Ellis (Halifax, England, 5 February 1892 – Lower Hutt, New Zealand, 8 November 1961) was a British-born New Zealand artist, educator, and stained glass designer whose work contributed significantly to New Zealand’s ecclesiastical and commemorative art. He is best known for his... Read full biography
. Frederick Vincent Ellis (Halifax, England, 5 February 1892 – Lower Hutt, New Zealand, 8 November 1961) was a British-born New Zealand artist, educator, and stained glass designer whose work contributed significantly to New Zealand’s ecclesiastical and commemorative art. He is best known for his stained glass windows, including:. the war memorial windows in the Auckland War Memorial Museum. the World War I memorial window in the Hunter Building of Victoria University of Wellington. commissions... Read full biography
. Frederick Vincent Ellis (Halifax, England, 5 February 1892 – Lower Hutt, New Zealand, 8 November 1961) was a British-born New Zealand artist, educator, and stained glass designer whose work contributed significantly to New Zealand’s ecclesiastical and commemorative art. He is best known for his stained glass windows, including:. the war memorial windows in the Auckland War Memorial Museum. the World War I memorial window in the Hunter Building of Victoria University of Wellington. commissions for the First Presbyterian Church, Dunedin, and Timaru Boys' High School . Ellis studied at the Halifax Technical College School of Art (1909–1913), earning distinction in the 1914 Board of Education exams and placing second in England for drawing.... Read full biography
. Frederick Vincent Ellis (Halifax, England, 5 February 1892 – Lower Hutt, New Zealand, 8 November 1961) was a British-born New Zealand artist, educator, and stained glass designer whose work contributed significantly to New Zealand’s ecclesiastical and commemorative art. He is best known for his stained glass windows, including:. the war memorial windows in the Auckland War Memorial Museum. the World War I memorial window in the Hunter Building of Victoria University of Wellington. commissions for the First Presbyterian Church, Dunedin, and Timaru Boys' High School . Ellis studied at the Halifax Technical College School of Art (1909–1913), earning distinction in the 1914 Board of Education exams and placing second in England for drawing. He was awarded a scholarship to the Royal College of Art, London, though his studies were interrupted by World .... Read full biography
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Frederick Vincent Ellis (Halifax, England, 5 February 1892 – Lower Hutt, New Zealand, 8 November 1961) was a British-born New Zealand artist, educator, and stained glass designer whose work contributed significantly to New Zealand’s ecclesiastical and commemorative art.
He is best known for his stained glass windows, including:
the war memorial windows in the Auckland War Memorial Museum
the World War I memorial window in the Hunter Building of Victoria University of Wellington
commissions for the First Presbyterian Church, Dunedin, and Timaru Boys' High School
Ellis studied at the Halifax Technical College School of Art (1909–1913), earning distinction in the 1914 Board of Education exams and placing second in England for drawing. He was awarded a scholarship to the Royal College of Art, London, though his studies were interrupted by World War I, during which he served for four years in France as a gunner with the Duke of Wellington's West Yorkshire Regiment, suffering lasting effects from gas exposure.
After the war, Ellis completed his diploma (ARCA) and teaching certificate at the Royal College, training in stained glass under Professor Anning Bell and executing commissions before emigrating to New Zealand in 1922.
He arrived under the La Trobe scheme, designed to modernize art education in New Zealand. At King Edward Technical College School of Art in Dunedin, Ellis taught drawing, etching, engraving, and lettering as head of crafts. In 1926, he married Elizabeth Bunbury and moved to Wellington to join the N.Z. Railways Publicity Studios.
From 1927 to 1930, Ellis taught evening classes in life drawing and design at Wellington Technical College School of Art, becoming a full-time tutor in 1930 and head of department in 1939. He retired in 1959.
Ellis’s New Zealand career encompassed a wide range of media, including etchings, lithographs, sculpture, and paintings in oil and watercolour. His stained glass works—both secular and ecclesiastical—are found throughout the country. He was a regular exhibitor with the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts.