John Elliott (artist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John Elliott (artist)

American artist

Date of Birth: 22-Apr-1858

Place of Birth: Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 26-May-1925

Profession: painter

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About John Elliott (artist)

  • John Elliott (April 22, 1858 – May 26, 1925) was an artist, illustrator, and muralist.
  • Born in Lincolnshire, England, he studied in Paris at the Académie Julian under Carolus-Duran.
  • In 1878, he went to Rome to study with José Villegas Cordero and there met his future wife, Maud Howe, Pulitzer-prize-winning American writer and the daughter of Julia Ward Howe, the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." Elliott is known for his epic Symbolist murals including working alongside his friend and colleague John Singer Sargent to provide murals for the Boston Public library.
  • As well as creating a mural in the National Museum.( now the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.)

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