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Robert M. Ellis (April 14, 1922 – September 13, 2014) was an American artist. His professional career spanned six decades as an artist, educator, and museum director, including eight years as Curator of Education at the Pasadena Art Museum in California, twenty-three years on the art faculty of University of New Mexico, in Albuquerque, and ten years as director of UNM's Harwood Museum of Art in Taos, New Mexico. His work is in numerous museum collections, including the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe, and Roswell Museum and Art Center. Apart from his distinguished career as a painter, Ellis left an indelible mark on the art world in both southern California and northern New Mexico.〔Albuquerque Journal Obituary, September 19, 2014, http://obits.abqjournal.com/obits/show/245625〕 ==Biography== Ellis was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1922. According to art writer MaLin Wilson-Powell in her essay "Bob Ellis: Navigating Portals of Perception, from Aegean Temples to Woodcuts, 2004 - 2011", the trajectory of Ellis's professional career began with his All-American Midwestern roots, "opening day at the Cleveland Indians, nickel ice cream cones, the Cleveland Museum's Classical and Medieval Armor Court and their free Saturday classes . . ."〔"Aegean Reverie: Works from 2004 - 2012", 333 Montezuma Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico.〕 After three years of architectural studies at Case Western, his comfortable circumstances came to an abrupt end in 1942 with the death of his father. At age twenty, faced with the prospect of being drafted into the military, Ellis enlisted in the Seabees, as the Navy Construction Division is known, and served in U.S. Navy in WWII from 1942 to 1946. During his military service, Ellis became a navigator and third in command of a huge transport ship in the Pacific Theater.〔"Aegean Reverie: Works from 2004 - 2012", 333 Montezuma Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico.〕 After the War, like many military veterans, Ellis was able to take advantage of the G.I. Bill to pursue an education. He graduated from the Cleveland Art Institute and traveled to Mexico City (1948–1952), where he received his BFA in Art. In Mexico, Ellis produced paintings influenced by the figurative tradition of such artists as Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Although Mexican art and culture would remain a lifelong influence, he broke away from figuration in a series of works that blended the formal characteristics of Cubism and Futurism with the image of a carousel and childhood memories of the medieval armor at the Cleveland Museum of Art. 〔Albuquerque Journal Obituary, September 19, 2014, http://obits.abqjournal.com/obits/show/245625〕 Moving to the Los Angeles area in the 1950s, Ellis received an MFA from the University of Southern California (1952), where he also taught. From 1956–1964, Ellis served as Curator of Education at the Pasadena Art Museum at a time when the museum was playing a pivotal role in established southern California's reputation as a major center for contemporary art. In 1960 and 61, Ellis took a leave of absence to live and paint in Paris. An exhibition of these paintings was presented by the Pasadena Art Museum in fall 1961. During his tenure at the Pasadena Art Museum, in addition to his education work, Ellis also applied his skills to designing all of the museum's graphics. It was during this time at the commercial print shop owned by theosophist Henry Geiger that Ellis developed a love of small presses, typesetting, and cut-and-past layout, influences that would recur in his artwork throughout his career.〔"Aegean Reverie: Works from 2004 - 2012", 333 Montezuma Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico.〕 In 1964, Ellis moved from southern California to New Mexico to join the Art Department at the University of New Mexico (UNM), where he served as Assistant Director of the Art Museum from 1964–68, and Director from 1968–71. Ellis retired from teaching at UNM in 1987 and moved to Taos, New Mexico, with the intention of devoting his time to painting. The following year, however, he was asked to serve as the interim director of UNM's Harwood Museum in Taos, a position that became permanent in 1990, and which he held until his second retirement in 2001. The years of Ellis's leadership at the Harwood were notable for a major museum expansion completed in 1997, including the addition of the world renown Agnes Martin Gallery. In 1998, in recognition of his contribution to the arts in New Mexico, Ellis received the Governor’s Arts Award and the UNM Regents Meritorious Service Award. In 2003 Ellis moved from Taos back to Albuquerque, where he continued to paint and exhibit his artwork.〔"(Robert M. Ellis - Bio )." Robertmellis.com. Retrieved 16 September 2014.〕 In 2008, Ellis was one of 12 artists honored by the Albuquerque Art Business Association with their annual Local Treasures Award.〔http://artscrawlabq.org/local-treasures/local-treasures-2009-2〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert M. Ellis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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