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Fremont F. Ellis - Last of Los Cinco Pintores of Santa Fe (Paperback)
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Fremont F. Ellis - Last of Los Cinco Pintores of Santa Fe (Paperback)
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Fremont F. Ellis, a famous landscape painter, was born in Virginia
City, Montana in 1897. His father was a nomadic dentist and theater
operator who traveled from the bustling gold towns of the American
West to the metropolitan cities of the east. Ellis began painting
at about twelve years of age although he had little art instruction
or formal education of any kind. He had his first art showing in El
Paso, Texas while still in his teens and was immediately praised
for his work. However, his father thought he should have a
profession along with his art work, so he studied optometry and had
his own practice. But he wasn't happy with the life of a
businessman, and after visiting friends in Santa Fe, New Mexico, he
decided to make his home there and pursue his art work seriously.
In 1921, Ellis joined with four other young painters in Santa
Fe-Josef Bakos, Walter Mruk, Will Shuster, and Willard Nash-and
together they founded an art society called "Los Cinco Pintores."
They called themselves modern artists who encouraged freedom of
expression and they made a definite impression on the art movement
in Santa Fe. The group disbanded in 1926, but Ellis continued
painting until his death in 1985. He showed his work actively in
Santa Fe and Los Angeles, his unique impressionistic style earning
him a large and dedicated following. His work is in many museum
collections including the Museum of New Mexico, the El Paso Museum,
the Art Institute in Lubbock, Texas, and the Stark Museum in
Orange, Texas. Barbara Spencer Foster is a third generation native
New Mexican. She grew up in the shadows of the Manzano Mountains
where her ancestors had settled in the 1800s. She is the author of
"Girl of the Manzanos," "Pecos Queen," "Fire in the Bosque," and
"Santa Fe Woman," all from Sunstone Press.
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