Artist Info
Clifford Ellis
1907 - 1985. Studied at Saint Martins School of Art. Clifford Ellis was a graphic artist and illustrator. Much of his work was done in collaboration with his wife Rosemary Ellis. They married in 1931. Together they designed posters for Shell, The Empire Marketing Board and the General Post Office, as well as London Transport. Between 1945 and 1982 they also designed nearly 100 book jackets for the New Naturalist Series, published by Collins. From the mid 1940s to the mid 1960s they worked for Bath Academy of Art, which was established for the education of art teachers. Clifford Ellis was the Principal of Corsham Court, a historic house in Wiltshire with a significant art collection, from 1946 to 1972.
