Size: 38.5 x 50cm (15.2" x 19.7")
Ernest Ehlers (1858-1943) was first President of the Bristol Savages. He was born in Newfoundland and came to Bristol with his widowed mother while still a child. He studied art at Karlsruhe in Germany and on return made painting his profession, living for a time in Edinburgh. He gained a reputation for landscape painting, notably woodland scenes decked with flowers. In 1896 he was elected a member of the RWA. He made many friends among the local artists who would drop into to his studio. He suggested forming a group to meet regularly and paint together, but was told that Muller, Prout and Samuel Jackson had also tried and failed. However remembering his student days in Karlsruhe with evenings spent singing and drinking beer, he was not discouraged. He gathered together a mixture of well known local artists, experienced teachers and young ambitious artists yet to make their mark. At first he arranged meetings at members` own houses and then at George Lingford`s studio in Corn St. In 1904 they became a properly constituted society and adopted the name Bristol Savages. Ernest Ehlers was elected the first President. He followed the French Impressionists in painting from nature.
| SKU | mg608 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Ernest Ehlers RWA |
| Date | Early 20th Century |
| Dimensions | 38.5 x 50cm |
| Medium | Oil |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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