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1898 Croydon, England - 1996 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Known for: Commercial art, newspaper and magazine illustration, woodcut, etchings.
Robert Emerson Curtis was born in Croydon, England, in 1898 and migrated to Australia in 1914. He trained as a commercial artist specialising in newspaper and magazine illustrations. In 1922,... Read full biography
Robert Emerson Curtis was born in Croydon, England, in 1898 and migrated to Australia in 1914. He trained as a commercial artist specialising in newspaper and magazine illustrations. In 1922, accompanied by a friend, the cinematographer Charles Chauvel, he travelled to the USA. It was while living... Read full biography
Robert Emerson Curtis was born in Croydon, England, in 1898 and migrated to Australia in 1914. He trained as a commercial artist specialising in newspaper and magazine illustrations. In 1922, accompanied by a friend, the cinematographer Charles Chauvel, he travelled to the USA. It was while living in San Francisco that he produced his first prints —small etchings of Alcatraz and boats in the harbour. Upon moving to Chicago in 1925 Emerson Curtis was impressed with the quality of the... Read full biography
Robert Emerson Curtis was born in Croydon, England, in 1898 and migrated to Australia in 1914. He trained as a commercial artist specialising in newspaper and magazine illustrations. In 1922, accompanied by a friend, the cinematographer Charles Chauvel, he travelled to the USA. It was while living in San Francisco that he produced his first prints —small etchings of Alcatraz and boats in the harbour. Upon moving to Chicago in 1925 Emerson Curtis was impressed with the quality of the architecture and the vitality of the buildings being erected in that city. His style of illustration for papers and magazines was influenced by Joseph Pennell, an American lithographer, etcher and illustrator, who embraced the ‘Wonders of Man’ be they... Read full biography
Robert Emerson Curtis was born in Croydon, England, in 1898 and migrated to Australia in 1914. He trained as a commercial artist specialising in newspaper and magazine illustrations. In 1922, accompanied by a friend, the cinematographer Charles Chauvel, he travelled to the USA. It was while living in San Francisco that he produced his first prints —small etchings of Alcatraz and boats in the harbour. Upon moving to Chicago in 1925 Emerson Curtis was impressed with the quality of the architecture and the vitality of the buildings being erected in that city. His style of illustration for papers and magazines was influenced by Joseph Pennell, an American lithographer, etcher and illustrator, who embraced the ‘Wonders of Man’ be they buildings, bridges or great canals. Emerson Curtis’s woodcuts and etchings of the 1920s reflect Pennell’s influence but they also have some... Read full biography
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Keywords (9)
Art Method
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Woodblock, Woodcut, Wood Engraving
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
Added Description
- •Commercial Art and Design