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to reflect their joint and equal involvement. Ellis continued, until 1972, as head of the Bath Academy of Art. In this role, by developing a pioneering art syllabus and recruiting highly skilled artists as teachers, Ellis had a lasting influence on the development of many artists. Works by Ellis were
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were removing the iron to help the war effort. As well as painting examples of the decoration, Ellis intervened with the Ministry to save several important, early nineteenth century examples from being scrapped. Ellis also recorded the effects of the
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in London between 1924 and 1927. He then spent a year taking a post-graduate teacher training course before gaining a diploma in the history of art from the
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project. In particular, in 1942 he was commissioned to depict examples of the decorative architectural ironwork seen on the city's buildings as the
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In 1928, Ellis returned to Regent Street Polytechnic as a teacher and continued to teach there until 1936. During this period he married
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Together they also designed mosaics for walls and floors, including the floor of the entrance hall of the British Pavilion at the
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After the war, Ellis and Rosemary continued with their artistic collaborations. In 1946 they designed the entrance area to the
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and a retrospective of his work was held in 1989 at the Michael Parkin Gallery in London.
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project during the Second World War and for his role in the development of art teaching.
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series of books and monographs. The couple signed these jackets, and other works,
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Works by Rosemary and Clifford Ellis in the London Transport Museum collection
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and between 1945 and 1982 they designed 86 covers and dust jackets for the
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purchased examples of these pieces and also his depiction of the
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Recording Britain A Pictorial Domesday of pre-war Britain
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David Mellor, Gill Saunders & Patrick Wright (1990).
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The Dictionary of 20th Century British Book Illustrators
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Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 5 Dyck-Gemignani
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Index

Bognor Regis
Sussex
Rosemary Ellis
Recording Britain

Bognor Regis
Ralph Ellis
Slade School of Art
Saint Martin's School of Art
Regent Street Polytechnic
University of London
Rosemary
London Transport
General Post Office
New Naturalist
Collins
Shell-Mex & BP
Empire Marketing Board
J. Lyons & Co.
Paris International Exhibition of 1937
Bath Technical College
Bath Academy of Art
Recording Britain
Ministry of Works
Bath Blitz
War Artists' Advisory Committee
VE-Day
Victoria & Albert Museum
Hayward Gallery
London Transport Museum

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