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Ray George Ellis

Ray George Ellis (1921 - 2013) was active/lived in South Carolina, Massachusetts.  Ray Ellis is known for Marine, figure and landscape painting.

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Raymond George Ellis, 92, of Edgartown, Massachusetts, a nationally recognized artist whose paintings are in the permanent collections at The White House and in museums around the country, died at Martha's Vineyard Hospital on October 4, 2013, of complications from a stroke.  Mr. Ellis and the late television journalist Walter Cronkite collaborated in the 1980s on a series of three books depicting America's coastlines in word and image: South by Southeast, North by Northeast, and Westwind.  There are fifteen other books exclusively devoted to Ellis's paintings.  His biography will be published in the spring of 2014. For three consecutive years beginning in 1998, Mr. Ellis was commissioned by President and Mrs. Clinton to paint scenes of the White House to be reproduced as their official holiday greeting card. In 2004, the Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia, created a major traveling exhibition of his paintings.  He was awarded the Salmagundi Cl   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 13631 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  31
Magazine References:  3

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3 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Ray George Ellis
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Watercolor: American Artist Ray Ellis: A Retrospective July 2005 Metcalfe, James A Yes
Art Times Culturally Speaking June 2004 Seckel, Cornelia No
American Artist Discovering the Studios of renownde November 2000 Kalayil, Ann Yes
31 Book References for Ray George Ellis
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Conover, Tim Edgartown Art Gallery 27 Yes
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
2000 Jensen Fine Arts Ray Ellis Paints Provence 8 Yes
2000 Jerome, Ed, editor Fishing the Vineyard 96 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1998 Ballard, Robert Coastal Images of America 210 Yes
1997 Ellis, Ray & John De Garmo The Road to Ballybunion 0 Yes
1997 Marquis Who's Who Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998 1515 No
1995 Ellis, Ray Martha's Vineyard: An Affectionate Memoir 144 Yes
1994 Ellis, Ray Savannah and the Low Country 144 Yes
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1992 Ellis, Ray & Ben Wright Spirit of Golf 0 Yes
1990 Denver Rotary Club Artists of America Tenth Annual
(Exhibition catalog)
160 Yes
1990 Ellis, Ray & Walter Cronkite Westwind 0 Yes
1989 Denver Rotary Club Artists of America:
(Exhibition catalog)
119 Yes
1988 Denver Rotary Club Artists of America Eighth Annual
(Exhibition catalog)
143 Yes
1987 Ray Ellis: An American Artist in England 28 Yes
1986 Ellis, Ray and Walter Cronkite North by Northeast 117 Yes
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1985 Leland, Nita Exploring Color: How to Use Color in Your Painting 192 Yes
1984 Ellis, Ray; Walter Cronkite South by Southeast 122 Yes
1982 Ellis, Ray; Louisa Wood Behind Those Garden Walls 31 Yes
1982 Samuels, Peggy and Harold Contemporary Western Artists 608 Yes
1981 Trailside Galleries The Art of Trailside Galleries 88 Yes
1977 Morris Museum of Arts Ray G. Ellis Paintings 40 No
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1972 Kent, Norman Watercolorists at Work 0 Yes
1972 Meyer, Susan/Norman Kent Watercolorists at Work 160 Yes
1971 Ellis, Ray The Watercolors of Ray Ellis 62 No
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