Elliott Seabrooke

Elliott Seabrooke (born May 31, 1886 in Upton Park , Essex , † March 6, 1950 in London ) was an English landscape and still life painter .

Life

Seabrooke studied at the Slade School of Fine Art from 1906 to 1911 , painting mainly in the Epping Forest and the Lake District , and later again and again in Holland, France and Italy. In February 1912, his works were exhibited at the Carfax Gallery, which was founded in 1899 by William Rothenstein and the restaurateur and author John Rowland Fothergill (1876-1957). During World War I he served with the British Red Cross and as Official War Artist for the Imperial War Museum on the Italian front. From 1909 to 1920 he also took part in the exhibitions of the New English Art Club . In 1920 he became a member of the London Group , of which he was President from 1943 to 1948, and most recently from 1949 to 1950.

Works by him are in the collections of the Imperial War Museum, the Art Gallery Dublin and in the holdings of the University of Leeds . After his death there was a commemorative exhibition in the Leicester Galleries in 1951 and in the Matthiesen Gallery in London in 1955.

Works (selection)

The bombardment of Gorizia 1917 . In: Imperial War Museum (ed.): War pictures . Walter Judd Ltd., London 1919, p. 10 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Elliott Seabrooke: Recording Britain . tape 1 . Oxford University Press, London 1946, pp. 158–163 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive - 3 articles with pictures of St. Bartholomew's, Fingest, St. Lawrence's, West Wycombe, Dashwood Mausoleum, West Wycombe ).

literature

Seabrooke, Elliott . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 414 .
Seabrooke, Elliott . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 4 : Q-U . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1958, p. 248 .

Web links

Elliott Seabrooke (British, 1886-1950). artnet.de
Elliott Seabrooke (British, 1886-1950). Tate.org

Individual evidence

^ London Letter . In: American Art News . tape 10 , no. 21 . New York March 2, 1912, p. 5 , JSTOR : 25590836 .

personal data
SURNAME	Seabrooke, Elliott
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English landscape and still life painter
DATE OF BIRTH	May 31, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH	Upton Park , Essex
DATE OF DEATH	March 6, 1950
Place of death	London , UK

[1] London Letter . In: American Art News . tape 10 , no. 21 . New York March 2, 1912, p. 5 , JSTOR : 25590836 .