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Arthur J. Elsley
(1860 - 1952)
Arthur Elsley was a painter of domestic genre subjects and portraits,
especially of children. His parents are known to have been John Elsley,
a coachman and Emily Freer, residents of Curzon Street, Soho in London.
The couple had six children, three girls and two boys. Arthur was the
fifth child. He became a probationer at the Royal Academy Schools in
1876 and he studied there until 1882 under Frederick Pickersgill (1820-1900, Keeper of the Royal Academy
between 1873 and 1887), Edward Armitage (1817-1896, Professor of Painting 1875-1882), John Marshall (d.1896, Professor of Anatomy), and Henry Bowler (1824-1903, Professor
of Perspective between 1861 and 1890). Elsley exhibited his first
painting, Portrait of an Old Pony, at the Royal Academy in 1878.
His works can be seen in several museums including the Russell-Cotes Art
Gallery and Museum, East Cliff, Bournemouth; Hartlepool Museum Services,
Sir William Grey House, Clarence Road, Hartlepool; Lady Lever Art
Gallery, Port Sunlight, Liverpool; The Royal Liverpool Children’s
Hospital, Alderhey, Eaton Road, Liverpool; Royal Pavilion Art Gallery
and Museum, Brighton; Preston Manor, 194 Preston Road, Brighton. |
