Ella Rose Curtois

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Ella Rose Curtois
Born23 March 1860
Branston, Lincolnshire
Died23 March 1944 (aged 84)
Paris, France
Known forSculpture

Ella Rose Curtois (23 March 1860 – 23 March 1944)[1] was a British artist, known for her sculptures in marble and terracotta.

Biography[]

A marble sculpture of a boy playing marbles
Child Playing at Marbles by Curtois

Curtois was born at Branston in Lincolnshire.[2] Her parents were Atwill Curtois, rector of the village, and his wife Anne Henrietta, who had eleven children between them.[1][2] Ella Rose Curtois created sculpture pieces in both marble and terracotta, usually of genre subjects and portraits.[2][3] Between 1885 and 1897 she exhibited several works at the Royal Academy in London and at the Paris Salon.[2][3] Ella Rose Curtois and her father were responsible for carving the choir screen in Branston church, most of which was destroyed in a fire on Christmas Day 1962.[4] However, several of her carvings were saved and remounted in the casing of a new church organ.[5]

Curtois lived most of her life in London and in Paris where she died during World War II. Her will left a few small legacies to a friend, but the residue went to the Usher Gallery in Lincoln and was used to erect a new gallery which was opened there in 1959.[6] One of her sisters, Mary Henrietta Dering Curtois was a painter and artist of some note.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Adams, Chris. "Atwill Curtois and his children". The Curtois family of Lincolnshire. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Sara Gray (2019). British Women Artists. A Biographical Dictionary of 1000 Women Artists in the British Decorative Arts. Dark River. ISBN 978-1-911121-63-3.
  3. ^ a b James Mackay (1977). The Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 0902028553.
  4. ^ "Rectors over two centuries". The Children's Newspaper. 14 October 1933. p. 12.
  5. ^ "A History of the Parish Church of All Saints Branston". Branston History Group. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Art Gallery's New Wing Open". Lincolnshire Echo. 12 November 1959.
  7. ^ Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900–1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
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