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1844 Great Malvern, England - 1922 Barnes, England. Known for: Watercolor landscape and marine painting, etching, book illustration.
Tristram Ellis began his career as an engineer on the District and Metropolitan Railway in London, but around 1868 he decided to devote himself to working as an artist, leaving England in 1874 to... Read full biography
Tristram Ellis began his career as an engineer on the District and Metropolitan Railway in London, but around 1868 he decided to devote himself to working as an artist, leaving England in 1874 to train in the studio of Léon Bonnat in Paris. In 1878 he visited Cyprus, the first of an extensive... Read full biography
Tristram Ellis began his career as an engineer on the District and Metropolitan Railway in London, but around 1868 he decided to devote himself to working as an artist, leaving England in 1874 to train in the studio of Léon Bonnat in Paris. In 1878 he visited Cyprus, the first of an extensive series of travels throughout Europe, Asia Minor, the Middle East and North Africa. Visits to the Near East in 1879-1880, Egypt in 1881-1882, Portugal in 1883-1884, Greece and Turkey in 1885-1886 and Norway... Read full biography
Tristram Ellis began his career as an engineer on the District and Metropolitan Railway in London, but around 1868 he decided to devote himself to working as an artist, leaving England in 1874 to train in the studio of Léon Bonnat in Paris. In 1878 he visited Cyprus, the first of an extensive series of travels throughout Europe, Asia Minor, the Middle East and North Africa. Visits to the Near East in 1879-1880, Egypt in 1881-1882, Portugal in 1883-1884, Greece and Turkey in 1885-1886 and Norway in 1894 resulted in a large number of landscape views in oil and watercolour. Ellis published several books about his travels, and also contributed illustrations to numerous books by other authors. In 1879 he published Twelve Etchings of the... Read full biography
Tristram Ellis began his career as an engineer on the District and Metropolitan Railway in London, but around 1868 he decided to devote himself to working as an artist, leaving England in 1874 to train in the studio of Léon Bonnat in Paris. In 1878 he visited Cyprus, the first of an extensive series of travels throughout Europe, Asia Minor, the Middle East and North Africa. Visits to the Near East in 1879-1880, Egypt in 1881-1882, Portugal in 1883-1884, Greece and Turkey in 1885-1886 and Norway in 1894 resulted in a large number of landscape views in oil and watercolour. Ellis published several books about his travels, and also contributed illustrations to numerous books by other authors. In 1879 he published Twelve Etchings of the Principle Views & Places of Interest in Cyprus, followed two years later by On a Raft and Through the Desert: The Narrative of an Artist... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Book Illustration
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
Art Media
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Subject
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Middle East
- •Scandinavia
Art Association
- •Royal Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers, London
Art Teacher
- •Leon Bonnat, Bonnat Atelier, Paris
Exhibition By An Art School
- •Royal Academy of Arts, London