Te Rawhiti

Te Rawhiti

Artist
ELLIS, Robert, 1929-
Date
1989
Description
N/A
Title
Te Rawhiti
Format
Acrylic on canvas
Dimension
1545 x 2098mm

The Artist

Born in England, Ellis studied at the Royal College of Art under Francis Bacon and Henry Moore. In 1957 he migrated to NZ and took up a teaching position at Elam School of Fine Arts, The University of Auckland. He is known for his acrylic and water-based paintings that often evoke rural and urban landscapes through a combination of figuration and abstraction. He has also worked with print, textiles and objects. He was Lecturer in Design at Elam 1957, later Head of Painting Department until 1994.

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