Ellen Montalba
Ellen Emeline Montalba (1842–1902) was a British artist. She was born in Bath, England in 1842,[1] one of four daughters of the Swedish-born artist Anthony Rubens Montalba and Emeline (née Davies). She and her three sisters all attained high repute as artists. The 1871 British census shows Anthony Montalba living at 19 Arundel Gardens, Notting Hill, London, with four daughters, all artists.[2]
The Montalba sisters were regular contributors to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition during the 1870s.[1] Ellen studied at the South Kensington Schools, which later became the Royal College of Art, and in Europe, being based in Venice along with her family.[3] She painted a number of portraits and landscape paintings. Among the portraits she exhibited was one of her sister Clara[1] and also one of HRH the Princess Louise.[3]
See also
Clara Montalba
Henrietta Montalba
Hilda Montalba
References
Biography of the Montalba sisters Retrieved August 2011
History of Arundel Gardens Retrieved Feb 7 2010
Brian Stewart & Mervyn Cutten (1997). The Dictionary of Portrait Painters in Britain up to 1920. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1 85149 173 2.
Montalba, Clara
Montalba, Ellen
Montalba, Hilda
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